{"id":6774,"date":"2024-11-08T09:21:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T03:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawfultalks3.selfst.art\/delhi-hc-lifts-ban-on-salman-rushdies-the-satanic-verses-import\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T17:19:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:49:53","slug":"delhi-hc-lifts-ban-on-salman-rushdies-the-satanic-verses-import","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawfultalks3.selfst.art\/?p=6774","title":{"rendered":"Delhi HC Lifts Ban on Salman Rushdie\u2019s The Satanic Verses Import"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:center\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><strong><em>Rushdie&rsquo;s The Satanic Verses Finds Freedom: Delhi HC Lifts Ban as Original Notification Goes Missing<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">In a recent decision, the Delhi High Court concluded proceedings on a petition challenging the 1988 decision to ban the import of <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><strong>The Satanic Verses<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">, a novel by Salman Rushdie. Filed by Sandipan Khan, the petition sought to annul the ban imposed under a notification by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">. However, the High Court ruled the petition as &quot;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><strong>infructuous<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">,&quot; noting that authorities had failed to provide a copy of the original notification, leading the court to presume its non-existence.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039\u00e2\u20ac\u2039<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">The court&rsquo;s order, passed on November 5, 2024 by a bench led by <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><strong>Justice Rekha Palli<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"> and also comprising <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><strong>Justice Saurabh Banerjee<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">, emphasized the unusual circumstance of the notification&#39;s untraceability despite multiple attempts to retrieve it. The petitioner had been attempting to import the novel but was impeded by the ban. He requested relief, including<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><strong><em> &quot;a writ in the nature of a declaration,&quot;<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"> stating that the ban was void and that he should be permitted to import the book from international sellers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">The Bench noted that none of the respondents, including the government authorities and the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, could produce the 1988 notification. The court observed, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><strong><em>&ldquo;none of the respondents could produce the said notification dated 05.10.1988 with which the petitioner is purportedly aggrieved,&quot;<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"> acknowledging the authorities&#39; inability to trace the notification since the filing of the petition in 2019. As a result, the bench found it had <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><strong><em>&quot;no other option except to presume that no such notification exists,&quot;<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"> thus ending the legal validity of the ban on importing <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><strong>The Satanic Verses<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <hr \/>\n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">Case Details- <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livelaw.in\/pdf_upload\/1730964955171-569919.pdf\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\"><span style=\"color:#c0392b\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">Sandipan Khan vs. The Chairman Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">Advocates for Petitioner &#8211; Mr. Uddyam Mukherjee, Mr. Swapnil Pattanayak<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">Advocates for Respondents- Mr. Anurag Ojha Sr. Standing Counsel for R1 and R2 with Mr. Subham. Kumar. Mr. Ravi Prakash, CGSC, Ms. Taha Yasin, Mr. Yasharth<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rushdie&rsquo;s The Satanic Verses Finds Freedom: Delhi HC Lifts Ban as Original Notification Goes Missing In a recent decision, the Delhi High Court concluded proceedings on a petition challenging the 1988 decision to ban the import of The Satanic Verses, a novel by Salman Rushdie. 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