New Delhi Nov 17 PTI A Delhi court on Wednesday refused to grant ex-parte injunction in a lawsuit seeking direction to stop the publication circulation and sale of former Union Minister Salman Khurshids book for allegedly hurting sentiments of a large section of the society The suit filed by Hindu Sena President Vishnu Gupta has sought direction to the authorities concerned to stop the publication circulation and sale of the Book namely Sunrise Over Ayodhya for allegedly hurting the sentimentsAdditional Civil Judge Preeti Parewa put up the matter for arguments and clarification on the maintainability of the suit on November 18In the opinion of this court neither a prima facie case nor any exceptional circumstance for grant of ad-interim ex-parte injunction in favour of the plaintiff is made out in the present case Also the plaintiff has failed to establish that the balance of convenience lies in his favour Hence the prayer for ad-interim ex-parte relief is declined at this stage the judge saidThe court said that the author and publisher had the right to write and publish the book The plaintiff has not been able to establish that inconvenience will be caused to him to avoid the book or alleged offensive excerpts of the book On the other hand the injunction would lead to hardship for the publishers and also curtail the right of speech and expression of the author the court said It said that the applicant can always propagate against the book and can even publish a rebuttal to the alleged paragraphs which have hurt his sentiments Also only a copy of the excerpt has been placed on record and such excerpt cannot be read in exclusionisolation for interpreting the context in which the said statement has been made the court notedThe plea claimed that the book launch event just before the upcoming assembly election in Uttar Pradesh was aimed at polarising and gaining the votes of the minorities in the stateThe plea seeks a prohibitory injunction to prohibit the publication distribution circulation and sale of the book and also ban the book in the larger interest of the society and country PTI UK RKS RKS

New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): The Delhi High Court will hear a petition seeking direction to stop the circulation, sale, purchase, and publication of former Union Minister Salman Khurshid's book "Sunrise Over Ayodhya" on November 24.