KOCHI, Feb. 27 -- A division bench of the Kerala high court on Thursday considered an appeal against its single judge order putting on hold for 15 days the release of 'The Kerala Story 2 - Goes Beyond' film. The movie is slated for release on Friday (today). A Division Bench of Justices SA Dharmadhikari and PV Balakrishnan heard the parties for two hours before reserving its verdict. In a late evening hearing, the bench observed that the pleas opposing the film's certification were in the nature of a public interest litigation and questioned how the single judge could hear it. During the hearing, the Division Bench remarked that the single-judge seemed to have exceeded his jurisdiction in hearing the matter. "Order passed by any bench outside jurisdiction will be automatically nullified," the Division Bench remarked. The Court also opined that the single-judge order seemed to have been passed in a haste. "Everything has been done in haste. Nobody had time to apply their mind," Justice Dharmadhikari remarked. Hours after the single judge stayed the film's release, the producers moved an appeal and the hearing in that by the division bench began from 8 pm. The producers claimed that the film does not harm or denigrate the state of Kerala or any religious community. Producers' advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul told the court that even the CBFC found that there was nothing in the film which denigrates the state....