New Delhi, July 25 -- The Centre's new bill against exam paper leak that will be tabled on Monday, aims for stricter punishment, increasing the minimum jail term and higher fines, and speedy trials by setting up fast track courts that will complete the trial within three months from the filing of the chargesheet.

Overhauling the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, the government will introduce on Monday a series of amendments in the wake of surging protests in Delhi and across the country by students and the Cockroach Janta Party. It allows formation of a Special Task Force, time-bound probe and daily proceedings during trial.

According to the proposed law, anyone resorting to "unfair means and offences", shall b...