{"id":42301,"date":"2016-04-05T20:42:31","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T15:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=42301"},"modified":"2016-04-06T03:50:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T22:20:14","slug":"free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila","title":{"rendered":"Free legal aid counsel for Sharmila"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39311\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39311\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39311\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"39311\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/afspa-causing-hardship-to-manipurs-people\/irom-sharmila-5\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?fit=1460%2C913&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1460,913\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;AP&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;India\\u00e2\\u0080\\u0099s Irom Sharmila, who has been on a hunger strike for 12 years to protest an Indian law that suspends many human rights protections in areas of conflict, looks during a press conference, in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 4, 2013. Sharmila who has been force fed through a tube by authorities was charged Monday with attempted suicide in a case likely to bring major attention to her quiet protest in the tiny northeastern state of Manipur against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. (AP Photo\/Tsering Topgyal)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1362432995&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Tsering Topgyal\/AP&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Irom Sharmila&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Irom Sharmila\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;India\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Irom Sharmila, who has been on a hunger strike for 12 years to protest an Indian law that suspends many human rights protections in areas of conflict, looks during a press conference, in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 4, 2013. Sharmila who has been force fed through a tube by authorities was charged Monday with attempted suicide in a case likely to bring major attention to her quiet protest in the tiny northeastern state of Manipur against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. (AP Photo\/Tsering Topgyal)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?fit=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?fit=640%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-39311 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?resize=300%2C188&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Free legal aid counsel for Sharmila\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?resize=1024%2C640&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?w=1460&amp;ssl=1 1460w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Free legal aid counsel for Sharmila<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A local court today appointed a free legal aid counsel for rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu.<\/p>\n<p>Sharmila had submitted an affidavit at the chief judifical magistrate court, Imphal West, stating that she wanted to fight her case against the state government without a counsel.<\/p>\n<p>The hunger striker, who was present in the court, talking to media appealed to the people to support her demand for repeal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 from Manipur.<\/p>\n<p>Sharmila is on indefinite fast for the last 16 years in\u00a0Manipur demanding repeal of AFSPA and is being force fed through a nasal tube. A Delhi trial court acquitted her on March 30 of charges of trying to commit suicide when she sat on a fast unto death at Jantar Mantar on October 4, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local court today appointed a free legal aid counsel for rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu. Sharmila had submitted an affidavit at the chief judifical magistrate court, Imphal West, stating that she wanted to fight her case against the state government without a counsel. The hunger striker, who was present in the court, talking to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38299,"featured_media":39311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[146,31987,36351,117,80,8344,36350],"class_list":["post-42301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-law-news","tag-court","tag-featured","tag-free-legal-aid-counsel","tag-law","tag-legal-news","tag-manipur","tag-sharmila-chanu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Free legal aid counsel for Sharmila - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A local court today appointed a free legal aid counsel for rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu. Sharmila had submitted an affidavit at the chief judifical - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Free legal aid counsel for Sharmila - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A local court today appointed a free legal aid counsel for rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu. Sharmila had submitted an affidavit at the chief judifical - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-04-05T15:12:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-04-05T22:20:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1460\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"913\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26\"},\"headline\":\"Free legal aid counsel for Sharmila\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-05T15:12:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-05T22:20:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila\"},\"wordCount\":148,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?fit=1460%2C913&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Court\",\"featured\",\"Free legal aid counsel\",\"Law\",\"Legal News\",\"Manipur\",\"Sharmila chanu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Top Law News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila\",\"name\":\"Free legal aid counsel for Sharmila - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?fit=1460%2C913&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-05T15:12:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-05T22:20:14+00:00\",\"description\":\"A local court today appointed a free legal aid counsel for rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu. Sharmila had submitted an affidavit at the chief judifical - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?fit=1460%2C913&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?fit=1460%2C913&ssl=1\",\"width\":1460,\"height\":913,\"caption\":\"India\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Irom Sharmila, who has been on a hunger strike for 12 years to protest an Indian law that suspends many human rights protections in areas of conflict, looks during a press conference, in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 4, 2013. Sharmila who has been force fed through a tube by authorities was charged Monday with attempted suicide in a case likely to bring major attention to her quiet protest in the tiny northeastern state of Manipur against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. (AP Photo\\\/Tsering Topgyal)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Top Law News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/category\\\/top-law-news\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Free legal aid counsel for Sharmila\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates\",\"description\":\"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26\",\"name\":\"Legal India News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/news\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Free legal aid counsel for Sharmila - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","description":"A local court today appointed a free legal aid counsel for rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu. Sharmila had submitted an affidavit at the chief judifical - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Free legal aid counsel for Sharmila - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","og_description":"A local court today appointed a free legal aid counsel for rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu. Sharmila had submitted an affidavit at the chief judifical - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila","og_site_name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2016-04-05T15:12:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-04-05T22:20:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1460,"height":913,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India News","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila"},"author":{"name":"Legal India News","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26"},"headline":"Free legal aid counsel for Sharmila","datePublished":"2016-04-05T15:12:31+00:00","dateModified":"2016-04-05T22:20:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila"},"wordCount":148,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?fit=1460%2C913&ssl=1","keywords":["Court","featured","Free legal aid counsel","Law","Legal News","Manipur","Sharmila chanu"],"articleSection":["Top Law News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila","name":"Free legal aid counsel for Sharmila - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?fit=1460%2C913&ssl=1","datePublished":"2016-04-05T15:12:31+00:00","dateModified":"2016-04-05T22:20:14+00:00","description":"A local court today appointed a free legal aid counsel for rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu. Sharmila had submitted an affidavit at the chief judifical - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?fit=1460%2C913&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?fit=1460%2C913&ssl=1","width":1460,"height":913,"caption":"India\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Irom Sharmila, who has been on a hunger strike for 12 years to protest an Indian law that suspends many human rights protections in areas of conflict, looks during a press conference, in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 4, 2013. Sharmila who has been force fed through a tube by authorities was charged Monday with attempted suicide in a case likely to bring major attention to her quiet protest in the tiny northeastern state of Manipur against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. (AP Photo\/Tsering Topgyal)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/free-legal-aid-counsel-sharmila#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Top Law News","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Free legal aid counsel for Sharmila"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates","description":"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates","alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26","name":"Legal India News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/author\/news"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?fit=1460%2C913&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27050,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/irom-sharmila-put-on-trial-for-attempting-suicide","url_meta":{"origin":42301,"position":0},"title":"Irom Sharmila put on trial for attempting suicide","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"March 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Paving the way for her trial, a city court charged\u00a0Irom Sharmila\u00a0Chanu, on fast for over 12 years demanding repeal of the controversial Armed forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), for allegedly attempting suicide by undertaking a fast unto death for two days in 2006. If convicted, Chanu, out on bail in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Human Rights&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Human Rights","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/human-rights"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12940,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aamir-supports-manipur-rights-activist","url_meta":{"origin":42301,"position":1},"title":"Aamir supports Manipur rights activist","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"August 29, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Bollywood actor Aamir Khan has supported Manipur's human rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila's over a decade-long hunger strike against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act and violation of human rights by security forces in the northeast, a release said here Monday. \u00a0\"The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958, should\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Media &amp; Entertainment News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Media &amp; Entertainment News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/media-entertainment-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Irom-Chanu-Sharmila1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":27043,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sharmila-charged-with-attempting-suicide-during-2006-fast","url_meta":{"origin":42301,"position":2},"title":"Sharmila charged with attempting suicide during 2006 fast","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"March 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Social activist Irom Sharmila, who has been on fast for about 12 years demanding the repeal of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), refused to plead guilty of attempting suicide, and a Delhi court framed charges against her. Metropolitan magistrate Akash Jain framed charges against her for attempt\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12960,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/one-day-my-fight-will-also-be-recognised-irom-sharmila","url_meta":{"origin":42301,"position":3},"title":"One day, my fight will also be recognised: Irom Sharmila","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"August 30, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Irom Sharmila, on a hunger strike for the past 11 years, on Tuesday said a day would come when her fight against rights violations by security forces would be acknowledged by New Delhi like the way parliament had recognised Anna Hazare's campaign against corruption. \"The central government recognised Anna Hazare\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Irom-Chanu-Sharmila2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":28460,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/intellectuals-call-for-support-for-irom-sharmila","url_meta":{"origin":42301,"position":4},"title":"Intellectuals call for support for Irom Sharmila","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"May 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A panel of intellectuals including actors, filmmakers and journalists have appealed to the people to join activist Irom Chanu Sharmila in her demand for annulling the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in Manipur. \"People know Irom Sharmila only as a lady with a tube in her nose. Even I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":36995,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-to-hear-case-against-irom-sharmila-on-june-5","url_meta":{"origin":42301,"position":5},"title":"Court to hear case against Irom Sharmila on June 5","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"March 2, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A Delhi court on Monday fixed June 5 for hearing a case in which rights activist Irom Sharmila is facing trial for allegedly trying to commit suicide during her fast-unto-death at Jantar Mantar in 2006. Metropolitan Magistrate Akash Jain, who was scheduled to record evidence in the case on Monday,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;High Profile Cases&quot;","block_context":{"text":"High Profile Cases","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/high-profile-cases"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/irom-sharmila.jpg?fit=630%2C420&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/irom-sharmila.jpg?fit=630%2C420&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/irom-sharmila.jpg?fit=630%2C420&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6H5Bf-b0h","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}