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

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.

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

The Delhi High Court dismissed a petition challenging the ban on Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' as the government failed to provide the official notification supporting the prohibition.

Says that since authorities failed to produce the relevant notification, it has to be presumed that it does not exist.

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