Authorities failed to produce the original notification banning the book when the Delhi HC was hearing a petition challenging ...
Rushdie's novel was banned in the Asian country in 1988 due to controversy over its depiction of Islam and portrayal of ...
The import ban on Salman Rushdie's controversial work, 'The Satanic Verses' has been lifted. File image The Delhi High Court ...
India ban on Salman Rushdie’s ‘Satanic Verses’ may ease on legal loophole: ‘Have no other option except to…’ Salman Rushdie’s ...
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has closed a longstanding case challenging the alleged 1988 ban on importing Indian-British ...
THE Delhi High Court has overturned the Indian government’s decision to ban the import of author Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses because the original notification cannot be found, Britain’s The ...
The Delhi High Court has disposed of a plea challenging the 1988 ban by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC ...
The case dates back to 1988, when the Rajiv Gandhi-led government banned the book following objections from certain Muslim ...
A fatwa (ruling) was issued against Rushdie and his publishers in February 1989 by the then Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Violent demonstrations followed, and the book’s ...
Notification cannot be found, so Delhi high court practically lifts ban on the book that was imposed by the Rajiv Gandhi ...
The petition had challenged the Rajiv Gandhi government's decision to ban the import of Salman Rushdie's novel, 'The Satanic ...
Says that since authorities failed to produce the relevant notification, it has to be presumed that it does not exist.