Shimla, Sept. 3 -- The Himachal Pradesh assembly on Tuesday passed the Himachal Pradesh Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2025, bringing in strict measures to curb paper leaks and malpractices in recruitment examinations. The legislation, introduced by chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday, was passed unanimously by voice vote on Tuesday. The law makes offences related to paper leaks, organised cheating, and other unfair means in public examinations cognisable and non-bailable. Under the provisions of the bill, anyone found guilty of cheating, abetting cheating, or leaking papers will face a minimum of three years and up to five years imprisonment along with a fine of up to Rs 10 lakh. Both punishment and fine can also be imposed simultaneously.In cases where service providers are found guilty of malpractice, the law provides for a penalty of up to Rs 1 crore. Additionally, all expenses incurred on such examinations will be recovered from them, and they will be barred for four years from conducting any recruitment test. Directors or employees of such service providers could face imprisonment between three and ten years if found complicit. An uproar was witnessed in the Himachal assembly on Tuesday as the BJP accused the state government of "deliberately withholding information". Protesting the delay on the part of the state government in furnishing information to queries raised by legislators, the opposition MLAs left the House on Thursday raising slogans against the government. Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur said it is the first time in the history of Himachal Vidhan Sabha that a question is listed in the business but is abruptly removed....