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Parliament passes Bill to update, simplify legal framework for shipping documents
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....arliament passes Bill to update, simplify legal framework for shipping documents<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 21-7-2025<BR>PTI<BR>New Delhi, Jul 21 (PTI) Parliament on Monday passed The Bills of Lading Bill....
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...., 2025 that aims to update and simplify the legal framework for shipping documents. The Bills of Lading Bill, 2025, which was passed by the Lok Sabha in March this year, was passed in the Rajya Sabh....
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....a by a voice vote in the absence of Opposition who staged a walk out in the post-lunch session. Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal moved the bill for consideration an....
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....d passage by the Upper House. He said the new legislation will replace the Indian Bill of Lading Act 1856 as the Bill of Lading Act 2025. A bill of lading refers to a document issued by a freight ....
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....carrier to a shipper. It contains details such as the type, quantity, condition and destination of goods being carried. The bill seeks to make provisions for the transfer of rights of suit and all l....
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....iabilities to the consignee named in a bill of lading and every endorsee of a bill of lading, to whom the property in the goods mentioned in the bill of lading shall pass, upon or by reason of a consi....
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....gnment or an endorsement. PTI RSN RKL TRB<BR> News - Press release - PIB....