In his lawsuit, Singh contended that though the state government accused his book of being detrimental to the tranquillity of the society and interests of the state and violated sections 153A and 153B of the Indian Penal Code, the government did not even identify the relevant portion of the book said to be detrimental to society.

He said he had written his book after five years of research into history of India's freedom struggle and his book, which consists of 669 pages, has references and end notes running into 67 pages.

Singh said that he conceptualized the book in 1999, when then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee traveled to Lahore.

'It was in 1999 when I decided to explore the historical factors which led to the partition of India and did extensive research on the role of M.A. Jinnah before and during the partition,' said Singh.

He added that his 'book essentially explores the transformation of Jinnah from being 'an ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity' to becoming 'the sole spokesman of Muslims' in India.'