New Delhi, May 12 -- The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday cleared the path for the release of a controversial Zee5 docuseries based on gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, weeks after its streaming was halted following objections from the Centre and concerns raised by Punjab Police over possible law-and-order issues, Hindustan Times reported.

The documentary series, originally titled Lawrence of Punjab, had been scheduled for release on streaming platform ZEE5 in April. However, its release was stalled after the Union government issued an advisory against streaming it.

Hearing a petition filed by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited, the Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside the Centre's advisory and directed the makers to remove refere...