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New Delhi: Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said India's judicial system is clogged with about 50 million pending cases relating to minor offences, most of which should have never gone to the courts. He was speaking a day after parliament passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, to decriminalise and rationalise about 1,000 minor offences. The government is open to more suggestions on reviewing laws at the central government level, Goyal said. Also Read | Lok Sabh ...Read More >
New Delhi: A day after Parliament passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said that the government's Jan Vishwas reforms have decriminalised over 1,000 provisions across 79 central laws to ease compliance and reduce the burden on courts. "The reforms would particularly benefit small businesses and traditional sectors such as handloom and coir, where compliance burdens had often led to litigation and corruption," he said. ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 3 (PTI) The commerce and industry ministry wants all the departments to consider withdrawing pending court cases involving minor offences in light of Jan Vishwas amendment bill, as it would significantly reduce load on the judiciary and promote ease of living, a top official said on Friday. Parliament on Thursday passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, to amend 784 provisions in 79 central laws for decriminalising and rationalising about 1,000 minor offences ...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 >
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 >
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