India, while mostly Hindu, has the world’s third-largest Muslim population at around 200 million. Read more at ...
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 ...
Says that since authorities failed to produce the relevant notification, it has to be presumed that it does not exist.
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 said that an import ban on author Salman Rushdie’s controversial 1988 book The Satanic Verses ...
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 ...
The book was banned in 1988 by the Congress government claiming that it could give rise to law and order problems.
New Delhi, India: The Delhi High Court on Thursday lifted a 36-year-long import ban on Salman Rushdie’s controversial novel ...
India lifted a long-standing restriction on Salman Rushdie's controversial novel, "The Satanic Verses," which was originally ...
Authorities failed to produce the original notification banning the book when the Delhi HC was hearing a petition challenging ...