The Supreme Court on Friday (September 26, 2025) refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to ban Salman Rushdie’s controversial novel “The Satanic Verses”.

The plea came up for hearing before a Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta. The counsel appearing for the petitioners referred to the Delhi High Court’s November last year order.

The High Court had closed the proceedings on a petition challenging the Rajiv Gandhi government’s decision to ban the import of “The Satanic Verses” in 1988, saying since authorities have failed to produce the relevant notification, it has to be presumed that it does not exist.

“You are effectively challenging the judgement of the Delhi High Court,” the Bench observed, while dismissing the plea.

The petition was filed in the apex court thr

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