The Bombay High Court upheld a Maharashtra government ban on the book �Islam � a concept of Political World Invasion�, by Advocate R V Bhasin stating that while every person had a right to criticise, criticism must be healthy and not malicious.
A full judge bench comprising Justices Ranjana Desai, D Y Chandrachud and R S Mohite maintained that if a book reeked of hatred and was a malafide exercise to stir communal passions, the restriction imposed on the freedom of speech in the Constitution of India must spring into action.
The book was released in 2003 and the state government issued a notification on March 9, 2007, banning the book.