Rushdie, The Satanic Verses

India forced to lift decades-long ban on Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses due to bizarre legal loophole
Excerpts from the book along with an interview of Rushdie ran in an Indian magazine in September 1988, which led to Indian politicians Syed Shahabuddin and Khurshid Alam Khan demanding a ban. On 5 October 1988, the Indian government banned the import of The Satanic Verses via a customs order by the Ministry of Finance.
India can import Rushdie’s Satanic Verses after ban order ‘untraceable’
The Delhi High Court quashed the 1988 import ban on Tuesday in a case brought five years ago by reader Sandipan Khan, stating that India’s government had said the notification banning the controversial book was “untraceable”.
Delhi high court shuts plea against ban on Salman Rushdie’s ‘Satanic Verses’
Says that since authorities failed to produce the relevant notification, it has to be presumed that it does not exist.
Rushdie's 'Satanic Verses' can be imported in India as court told 1988 ban order untraceable
India's three-decade ban on importing author Salman Rushdie's controversial 'The Satanic Verses' book has effectively been lifted after a court said the government was unable to produce the original notification that imposed the ban.
Indian officials misplace Rushdie book ban order
The Satanic Verses, criticised by some Muslims as blasphemous, was banned in India shortly after its release, sparking protests worldwide. Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa in 1989, calling for Rushdie’s assassination. This forced the Indian-born Booker Prize-winning author into hiding for nearly a decade.
India Ban On Salman Rushdie's 'Satanic Verses' May Ease On Legal Loophole: 'Have No Other Option Except To...'
( MENAFN - Live Mint) Salman Rushdie's controversial 1988 novel The Satanic Verses could become available in India for the first time in decades after a court in Delhi said the government was unable to produce the original notification document that banned imports of the book.
Delhi HC lifts import ban on ‘The Satanic Verses’: Why was Rushdie’s controversial book banned?
Delhi High Court rules no evidence of ban on Salman Rushdie`s controversial novel, sparking debate on censorship and free speech.
Legal Loophole Ends India Ban On Salman Rushdie Book
Rushdie, 77, lived in hiding for years after Iran's first supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ordered his killing for what he deemed the book's blasphemous nature.
'Infructuous': Delhi HC closes petition against ban on Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses'
The book was banned in 1988 by the Congress government claiming that it could give rise to law and order problems.
Delhi HC closes plea against ban on Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses'
The Delhi High Court has closed the proceedings on a petition challenging the Rajiv Gandhi government's decision to ban the import of Salman Rushdie's controversial novel, "The Satanic Verses", in 1988,
India’s ban on Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ may ease now. Why has the book been so controversial?
India banned Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses book, citing it to be blasphemous. Now, after so many years, it seems ...
High Court Overturns Ban On Salman Rushdie's Controversial Novel 'The Satanic Verses' As Documents Go Missing
The Delhi High Court has removed a 36-year-old ban on the import of Salman Rushdie’s contentious novel The Satanic ...