Shivansh Sharma
Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam
Abstract
The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill 2026, approved by the Lok Sabha on April 1, 2026, marks a sweeping shift away from India’s colonial-era legacy of regulatory overcriminalization. For decades, minor compliance lapses like typos and paperwork errors carried severe prison threats, creating an atmosphere of fear that heavily burdened entrepreneurs and small businesses. […]