India, May 12 -- The ZEE5 documentary, initially titled Lawrence of Punjab, may finally get a release, weeks after it was stalled due to a legal case against it. The show, based on the rise of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, was not released as scheduled in April, after the Centre admitted there were law-and-order concerns if it were streamed.

On Monday, the Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside the Centre's advisory against its release, issuing directions to its makers to remove references to "Lawrence" and "Punjab" from its title. The directions came on a plea by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd, which had challenged the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting's advisory.

The petitioner's counsel, Amit Jhanji, said that neither "...