All hurdles on the publication and circulation of controversial book, Shivaji – The Hindu King in Muslim India, came to an end with the Supreme Court today refusing the plea of Maharashtra Government to ban it. The apex court upheld the decision of the Bombay High<br/><br/>Court to lift the ban on the book by American author James<br/><br/>Laine, which, according to the state government, contained material promoting social enmity.<br/><br/>A bench comprising Justices D K Jain and H L Dattu agreed with the High Court that the Maharashtra government did not follow the mandatory procedure while invoking the ban on the book. <br/><br/>The state government had approached the apex court after the High Court had in 2007 lifted the ban on the book on the petition filed by advocate Sanghraj Rupawate, documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan and social activist Kunda Pramila.