Phil Law Weblog

It can be called a new beginning, for better or for worse. The sitting judge of the Bombay high court visited the Arthur Road jail. Anything unnatural? Not so far. Only the reason of the visit is very new and first of its kind. He has visited he jail to give some tips to the [...]

As an extra power to the Indian majority, the Bolivian President Evo Morales ended martial law in a northern province on Sunday. The decision came after more than two months after government supporters were killed in the region as a wave of political violence swept the country.

New Bedford based leather goods factory Michael Bianco Inc. is agreed to come to a settlement worth $850,000 to its former workers. The lawsuit against the company charged that the company did not pay over time wages to the employees who worked up to 16 hours a day.

The lawsuit between the state and Carole DeLeon has come to a settlement in the Spokane County Superior Court.Two adults and five children will each be paid between about $400,000 and $1.6 million, and the estate of Tyler DeLeon, who died on Jan. 13, 2005, will get $180,000, according to a settlement between the [...]

The proposed decriminalization of marijuana law is getting response from all sides. While many social and educationist groups are opposing the law, there are bodies like Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy. Lets have a look into both the sides.

It can be called a war of policies between the present and would be Presidents of the USA. It seems President George W Bush is not ready to leave the power yet.

Britain is likely to get a newer version of the bribery laws from the coming year. British Law Commission, the government’s law reform watchdog, has recommendation the change. The body also recommends the creation of a new offense of bribing foreign government workers. The law is likely to meet accusations that Britain has failed to [...]

The Maharashtra government gets a major breakthrough when 10 Malegaon blast suspects, were accused under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). The act will empower the police put suspects behind the bar for a month at a stretch without having to justify the detention every 15 days.

Indonesian experts have found an urgent necessity to implement new environment law. They feel such a law is necessary to change the casual approach of the nation to climate. University of Indonesia environmental law expert Andri Wibisana said.

At a one-day sensitisation seminar on the evil effects of intoxicants and alcohol the Chairman of the Liquor Licensing Board, in Nigeria Justice Mamman Kolo disclosed the arrest of 427 persons under the state liquor law. The state liquor law prohibits the sale and consumption of alcohol in specified areas.