The import ban on Salman Rushdie's controversial work, 'The Satanic Verses' has been lifted. File image The Delhi High Court ...
Rushdie's novel was banned in the Asian country in 1988 due to controversy over its depiction of Islam and portrayal of ...
Authorities failed to produce the original notification banning the book when the Delhi HC was hearing a petition challenging ...
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the 1988 import ban on Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses" due to ...
The 36-year-old ban on the import of Salman Rushdie's controversial novel, 'The Satanic Verses', imposed by the Rajiv Gandhi ...
Notification cannot be found, so Delhi high court practically lifts ban on the book that was imposed by the Rajiv Gandhi ...
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 ...
The case dates back to 1988, when the Rajiv Gandhi-led government banned the book following objections from certain Muslim ...
India lifted a long-standing restriction on Salman Rushdie's controversial novel, "The Satanic Verses," which was originally ...
The Delhi high court has closed the proceedings on a petition challenging the Rajiv Gandhi-led Congress government's decision ...
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.