The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Friday (July 24), designated four Special Courts in Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Indore to fast track paper leak cases.

The High Court has designated District and Additional Session Judges, Praveen Patel, Vishal Akhand, Anand Kumar Sehlam, and Shubhra Singh, as Specially Designated Fast Track Courts for conducting trials relating to the Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act of 2024.

The notification reads,

"In exercise of the powers conferred as per the provisions of sub-section 3 of section 8 of the THE BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANITA, 2023 (No. 46 of 2023) and all other enabling provisions, the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, hereby. designates the court of the District and Additional Sessions Judges mentioned in column no. (3) of the following table at the places mentioned in column no. (2) for the area of jurisdiction specified in column no. (4) thereof as Specially Designated Fast Track Courts for conducting trial of offences prescribed under Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 as well as Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the matter linked thereto investigated by the Agency as the State/Central Government may refer.

The judges were granted the powers of a Judicial Magistrate First Class to deal with the matters.