The decision appeared to effectively pave the way for the book to be imported to India, three decades after its publication sparked widespread protests across India and the world, prompted the supreme leader of Iran to issue a fatwa to kill the Booker Prize winner, and triggered a global debate on censorship and violence.
In a petition filed in 2019, Sandipan Khan from Vasant Kunj in Delhi, said that he was unable to import the book due to a notification issued by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs on October 5, 1988, banning its import in accordance with the Customs Act. However, during the course of the proceedings, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs informed the court that the 1988 notification could no longer be traced.
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