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Eight Years, Two Months, Fast-Track Courts: How Parliament Sharpened the Anti-Paper-Leak Law

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Parliament passed the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, with the Rajya Sabha clearing it by voice vote on 30 July 2026 amid an Opposition walkout, a day after the Lok Sabha passed it. Introduced on 27 July, the Bill amends the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 — India's first central law specifically criminalising organised cheating in public examinations. Rather than redefine the offences, the amendment strengthens enforcement: it doubles the debarment of an errant service provider from four years to eight, empowers the Centre to constitute a special task force to investigate offences, requires investigation to be completed within two months, provides for Special Fast Track Courts and Special Public Prosecutors, and mandates time-bound disposal of appeals. It applies to central examinations conducted by bodies such as the UPSC, SSC, railways, banking and the NTA, and comes against the backdrop of recruitment and entrance-exam leaks.

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Q1. The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 is best described as which of the following?

AA State law applicable only to school board examinations.
BThe first central law making organised cheating in public examinations a distinct criminal offence, with offences that are cognizable, non-bailable and non-compoundable.
CA regulation issued by the National Testing Agency without parliamentary sanction.
DA law that decriminalised examination malpractice to reduce litigation.
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Q2. The article stresses that the 2026 amendment changes 'process, not substance'. Which one of the following best explains that distinction?

AThe amendment creates a new criminal offence that did not exist before.
BThe offence of organised cheating already existed under the 2024 Act; the amendment rebuilds the enforcement and investigation machinery around that offence rather than redefining the crime.
CThe amendment repeals the 2024 Act entirely and replaces it with a civil penalty regime.
DThe amendment shifts the offence from central examinations to State examinations.
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Q3. Consider the following statements about the criminal-law classification of offences under the 2024 public examinations law: 1. A cognizable offence is one in which a police officer may register a case and investigate without prior permission of a court. 2. A non-bailable offence means bail is not a matter of right and is granted at the discretion of the court. 3. A non-compoundable offence is one that the complainant and the accused may privately settle to end the prosecution. Which of the statements given above are correct?

A1 and 2 only
B1 only
C2 and 3 only
D1, 2 and 3
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