NEW DELHI: India's three-decade ban on importing author Salman Rushdie's controversial 'The Satanic Verses' book has effectively been lifted after a c...

Even the customs department official who drafted the order was unable to produce it.

The 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.

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court recently said the government was unable to produce the original notification that imposed a ban on importing author Salman Rushdie’s controversial ‘The Satanic Verses.’ So, does this imply that the ban has been effectively lifted? Notably, the India-born British author’s novel was banned by India in 1988 after some […]

The 36-year-old ban on the import of Salman Rushdie's controversial novel, 'The Satanic Verses', imposed by the Rajiv Gandhi government decision in 1988, was finally lifted today, paving the way for the book to enter India.

A bench of the Delhi High Court closed the proceedings on a petition challenging the Centre's decision to ban the import of Salman Rushdie's controversial novel, The Satanic Verses.

A bench of the Delhi High Court closed the proceedings on a petition challenging the Centre's decision to ban the import of Salman Rushdie's controversial novel, 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.