The Maldives is facing a tussle between the Attorney General and the bar association as the former refuses to issue law licences.
The Indian state of West Bengal is braced to see a fall in tax revenue this year after Tata Steel, Cadbury and other multinationals challenged one of its tax laws.
Charges against the ex-president of the Maldives over the arrest and detention of a serving judge are not a simple case of abuse of power, a leading group of English human rights lawyers claims.