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New Delhi (ABC Live): The Parliament has passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, and the government has presented it as a major reform for trust-based governance, easier compliance, and lower litigation. At one level, that message is persuasive. India has long suffered from over-criminalisation in regulatory law. As a result, businesses and individuals often face criminal consequences even for technical defaults. Therefore, a move toward proportionate enforcement can seem bo ...Read More >
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill 2026, which amends 80 Central Acts to decriminalise offences and replace them with graded civil penalties, by a voice vote. The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 27. During the debate, Opposition members questioned the move to convert criminal liability into a penalty, which makes it "easy" for corporations to get away with a fine. They added if the Bill is passed, it would take away the work of the cou ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Parliament on Thursday passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, marking a significant step toward decriminalising and rationalising offences across multiple central legislations to promote ease of doing business and ease of living. Addressing a press conference, Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal described the reform as unprecedented in scale. "I could not find any parallel anywhere in the world and certainly never in India... 1,000 provis ...Read More >
Chennai: Madras high court on Friday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of KV Kuppam MLA M Jaganmoorthy after govt called him 'brain' behind last week's abduction of a minor boy at Kelambakkam. "We are undergoing a phase of decriminalization in politics. The court should consider that and deny bail to the MLA," argued additional advocate general J Ravindran.Justice G Jayachandran, recording submissions, said: "This court, after perusing the CD file and noting the adverse conduct of the petition ...Read More >
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