Delhi HC closes plea against ban on Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses'

The Delhi High Court closed proceedings on a petition challenging the 1988 ban on Salman Rushdie's novel 'The Satanic Verses'. The court said the government failed to produce the ban notification. The court presumed the notification does not exist. The petition, filed in 2019, was deemed infructuous. The petitioner is now free to take legal actions regarding the book.