印度最高法院拒绝禁止拉什迪发表「撒旦诗句」, 支持言论自由。 India's Supreme Court rejects ban on Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses,' upholding free speech.

印度最高法院驳回一份请愿书, 要求禁止萨勒曼·拉什迪(Salman Rushdie)的《撒旦诗篇》, 维持德里高等法院先前的裁决, The Supreme Court of India dismissed a petition calling for a ban on Salman Rushdie’s "The Satanic Verses," upholding a prior Delhi High Court ruling that no official import ban existed due to lack of proof. 法院强调保护言论自由, 并声明它不会压制基于冒犯内容的文学作品, 即使在全球对这本书所认为的亵渎行为产生反弹的情况下。 The court emphasized protection of free expression, stating it would not suppress literature based on offensive content, even amid global backlash over the book’s perceived blasphemy. 该决定重申艺术自由方面的司法约束,使印度法律上可以不受限制地使用小说。 The decision reaffirms judicial restraint in matters of artistic freedom, leaving the novel legally available in India without restrictions.