Many Prisoners at Taloja Jail Not Produced Before Court For Years, Reveals Survey by Jailed Activists

10/02/2025

The Wire / by Sukanya Shantha

Both Gadling and Gorkhe have moved the Bombay high court seeking direction to ensure regular court visits for those in judicial custody.
… Human rights activist Surendra Gadling and cultural activist Sagar Gorkhe, with the help of others arrested in the Elgar Parishad case have identified at least 300 such cases where incarcerated persons lodged at the Taloja central prison have not been produced before the court for years at end.
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2 Elgar accused move HC, seek regular production of undertrials in courts

12/02/2025

Hindustan Times / by Revu Suresh

The petition provided details of 305 undertrial prisoners lodged in Taloja jail who were not being produced before the trial courts on due dates
Advocate Surendra Gadling and Kabir Kala Manch activist Sagar Gorkhe, arrested in connection with the Ekgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon conspiracy case and lodged in Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai, have moved the Bombay high court, seeking directions to ensure the regular production of undertrial prisoners in the jail in respective trial courts.
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Two Elgar Parishad Accused Approach Bombay High Court to Ensure Regular Court Appearances for Undertrials

12/02/2025

Law Trend / by Law Trend

In a significant move, Advocate Surendra Gadling and Kabir Kala Manch activist Sagar Gorkhe, both accused in the Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon conspiracy case and currently incarcerated in Taloja jail, Navi Mumbai, have approached the Bombay High Court. They are seeking judicial directives to ensure that undertrial prisoners in the jail are regularly produced in their respective trial courts.
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Also read:
▪ With Guards Unavailable Due to Coldplay Concert, Elgar Parishad Undertrials Mull Hunger Strike (The Wire / Jan 2025)
▪ Elgar Parishad Prisoners’ Hunger Strike Marks a Momentous Victory for Prison Rights (The Wire / Nov 2024)