The Bombay high court on Friday designated two special courts in Nagpur and Aurangabad to fast-track trials in examination paper leak cases in Maharashtra amid student protests demanding Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation over exam irregularities. The move came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised a new law and fast-track courts to tackle paper leaks.
Acting Chief Justice Ravindra V Ghuge said the courts in Nagpur and Aurangabad were set up following a request from the central government, which sought the two special courts in at least two major cities.
The special courts will conduct trials under the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023. The 2024 law mandates concluding trials within three months.
Judge SV Pawar will preside over the court in Aurangabad and Judge Gulshan Kolte in Nagpur. The Union government requested the appointment of experienced judicial officers to preside over the courts.
Activist Sonam Wangchuk, whose forcible removal from Delhi’s Jantar Mantar protest site last Saturday galvanised the movement, ended his 26-day hunger strike after assurances from the government, even as a delegation of the Cockroach Janta Party, spearheading the agitation for education reforms, was scheduled to hold talks with Union ministers. Protest organisers said the agitation would continue.
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