Moscow: A Russian court today dismissed the petition seeking ban on a translated version of Bhagvad Gita.
State prosecutors in the Siberian city of Tomsk, who filed the petition, had branded the text as "extremist" literature full of hatred and insult to non-believers, which promoted social discord.
On December 28, a court in the Siberian city of Tomsk had rejected a petition seeking a ban on the translated version of the Gita, a verdict which was welcomed by India as a "sensible resolution of a sensitive issue".
The original petition seeking a ban on the translated version of the holy scripture was filed in June 2011 and the trial prompted sharp reactions from across the world.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna had asked the Russian government to help resolve the issue quickly.
Bhagavat Gita was first published in Russia in 1788 and since then it has been republished many times in various translations.
The controversial Russian translation of Bhagavad Gita: As It Is was carried out by ISKCON founder A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The book was translated into more than 60 languages.
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