Parliament monsoon session LIVE: The Centre is set to push ahead with a packed legislative agenda in Parliament on Monday, with the Lok Sabha scheduled to take up a Bill to strengthen the anti-paper leak law and another to amend the law governing the number of judges in the Supreme Court. In the Rajya Sabha, the government will seek the passage of a Bill to amend the law on the prevention of insults to national honour....
Anti-paper leak amendment bill
According to the Lok Sabha's List of Business for July 27, Union minister Jitendra Singh will introduce the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, which seeks to amend the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024.
After introducing the legislation, the minister is also scheduled to move that the Bill be taken up for consideration and passed by the House.
The proposed legislation comes amid heightened scrutiny over the conduct of national competitive examinations following a series of paper leak controversies. The amendment is expected to tighten the legal framework against unfair means in public examinations.
Bill on Supreme Court judges
The Lok Sabha will also take up the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, with Union law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal scheduled to move it for consideration and passage.
The Bill, however, is likely to face resistance from the Opposition. MPs Sougata Ray, NK Premachandran and Adv Dean Kuriakose are slated to move a statutory resolution disapproving the Ordinance promulgated by the President in May 2026 on the same subject.
The House will also table several reports of the Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilisers, including one on the price rise of medicines in the pharmaceutical sector and its impact on ordinary citizens, and another reviewing the disinvestment of fertiliser public sector undertakings.
Several Union ministers, including Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Jayant Chaudhary and Pankaj Chaudhary, will lay official papers related to their respective ministries before the House.
Minister of state Suresh Gopi is also scheduled to make eight separate statements on the status of implementation of recommendations made by the Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas across multiple budget cycles between 2019 and 2027.
National Honour amendment bill in Rajya Sabha
In the Rajya Sabha, Union home minister Amit Shah is scheduled to move the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026 for consideration and passage.
The Bill seeks to amend the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, as part of the government's effort to further strengthen the legal framework relating to the dignity of national symbols and honours.
Apart from the legislative business, ministers of state Satish Chandra Dubey, Sanjay Seth and Tokhan Sahu will table official papers relating to the ministries of coal and mines, defence, and housing and urban affairs, respectively.
Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Congress seeks Lok Sabha discussion on police action against NEET protesters
Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Congress MP KC Venugopal has submitted an adjournment motion notice in the Lok Sabha, seeking a discussion on what he described as "the brutal, unprovoked, and disproportionate use of force by the Delhi Police against students protesting peacefully at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi."
The notice seeks to suspend the day's scheduled business to take up the issue of the police action against the student protesters.
Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Anti-paper leak Bill to be introduced in Lok Sabha today
The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 is set to be introduced in the Lok Sabha today, with minister of state for personnel, public grievances and pensions Dr Jitendra Singh slated to table the legislation.
Several MPs from across party lines are expected to participate in the discussion on the Bill, including Bansuri Swaraj and Tejasvi Surya (BJP), Sharmila Sarkar and Mitali Bagh (TMC), Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu (TDP), Dr. Shrikant Shinde (Shiv Sena), Sunil Tatkare (NCP), Anupriya Patel (Apna Dal), and Arun Bharti (LJP-Ram Vilas), reported ANI.
Parliament monsoon session LIVE: CPI seeks discussion on NEET protest crackdown
Parliament monsoon session LIVE: CPI MP P Sandosh Kumar has submitted a Suspension of Business notice under Rule 267 in the Rajya Sabha, seeking a discussion on "the constitution of an Independent Judicial Commission to inquire into the brutal police action against the students who protested against the NEET exam irregularities and the circumstances leading to the nationwide student agitation, including the total failure of the examination system."
