New Delhi, September 01: The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to the Gujarat government seeking its response to a lawsuit by ousted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh challenging the ban on his book “Jinnah: India – Partition – Independence” in the state.
A bench of Justice Altmas Kabir and Justice Cyriac Joseph while issuing the notice to the Gujarat government decided to hear Singh’s lawsuit Sep 8.
The Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had banned the book after the controversy rocked the BJP party.
–Agencies