human rights defender
Surendra Gadling
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Surendra Gadling
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
HRD's year of birth
1968
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- Lawyer
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- Defenders living in remote areas
HRD's geographical origin
Semi urban
Current Status
Released on bail
HRD's bio and work
Surendra Gadling is one of the "BK 16"—the group of 16 human rights defenders, lawyers, scholars, and activists who were targeted by the Indian state and arbitrarily detained under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in connection with the 2018 Bhima Koregaon–Elgar Parishad case.
Detained since
Jun 6, 2018
Date of release
May 4, 2026
Charge(s)
- Anti-government propaganda
- Creating disturbances
- Damage to public property
- Other
Sentence
Charges Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 Sections 13, 16, 17, 18, 18B, 20, 38, 39, and 40; IPC Sections 120B, 115, 121, 121A, 124A, 153A, and 505(1)(b).
Latitude: 19.077414257627105
Longitude: 73.0692424013277
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Asia: Southern Asia
Location of detention - City/Town
Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
Location of detention - Facility
Taloja Central Prison, Maharashtra
Recent case update / evolution
Bombay High Court on 04 May 2026 granted bail.
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- HRD's year of birth
- 1968
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- Lawyer
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- Defenders living in remote areas
- HRD's Picture
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- The Scroll
- HRD's bio and work
Surendra Gadling is one of the "BK 16"—the group of 16 human rights defenders, lawyers, scholars, and activists who were targeted by the Indian state and arbitrarily detained under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in connection with the 2018 Bhima Koregaon–Elgar Parishad case.
- HRD's geographical origin
- Semi urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Asia: Southern Asia
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Location of detention - Facility
- Taloja Central Prison, Maharashtra
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 19.077414257627105
Longitude: 73.0692424013277
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Jun 6, 2018
- Current Status
- Released on bail
- Date of release
- May 4, 2026
- Charge(s)
- Anti-government propaganda
- Creating disturbances
- Damage to public property
- Other
- Sentence
Charges Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 Sections 13, 16, 17, 18, 18B, 20, 38, 39, and 40; IPC Sections 120B, 115, 121, 121A, 124A, 153A, and 505(1)(b).
- Recent case update / evolution
Bombay High Court on 04 May 2026 granted bail.
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