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"Tamil writer Perumal Murugan was rudely catapulted into the limelight after protests erupted against his novel Madhorubagan in 2014. The novel detailed a belief among the childless that praying to a local deity would give them children. Its characters claim sexual orgies got them pregnant. This triggered protests by Kongu Vellalars, an influential community in western TN. Murugan was made to attend a ‘peace meeting’ in his hometown, where he was allegedly forced to apologise. About a year-and-a-half later, the first bench of the Madras HC, comprising CJ Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana, dismissed pleas for a ban on his novel. Incidentally, it was Justice Kaul who had quashed proceedings against M F Husain in 2011. Here are excerpts from the HC verdict and a counterpoint"
<https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/columns/s-gurumurthy/2016/jul/08/Madhorubagan-satanic-verses-polyester-prince-878405.html>