Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on July 23 that the Centre will push to establish fast‑track courts to speed trials and impose stricter penalties for examination paper leaks.
- Hours after the announcement the Delhi High Court designated Judge Anu Grover Baliga’s court at Rouse Avenue as a Specially Designated Fast Track Court to hear offences under the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024.
- The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested about 13 accused in the alleged NEET leak and obtained court permission to collect additional handwriting and signature specimens as it pursues forensic and digital evidence.
- The Union Cabinet is due to discuss a draft bill on July 24 that would formalise fast‑track courts and harsher punishments, with the government aiming to introduce the measure and seek passage in the second week of the Monsoon Session.
- Nationwide rollout will require state governments and High Courts to set up and staff subordinate fast‑track benches, and the changes are meant to respond to protests and to benefit roughly 2.2 million students who sat the June 21 re‑exam.