Supreme Court of India Rejects Petition to Ban Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses"

Sep 26, 2025 05:51 pm CST

India's Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking to ban Salman Rushdie's controversial novel "The Satanic Verses," effectively upholding the Delhi High Court's previous ruling that nullified the 1988 import ban imposed by the Rajiv Gandhi government. The bench noted that the petition was essentially challenging the High Court's judgment, which had concluded that since authorities could not produce the original ban notification, it must be presumed non-existent.