The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has advised ZEE5 not to release 'Lawrence of Punjab', a docu-series on gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, after the Punjab Police expressed apprehension that it posed a risk to public order.
Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Thursday (April 23, 2026) moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court, seeking a ban on the release of the web series, claiming it would glorify gangster culture.
When the matter came up in the high court on Friday (April 24, 2026), Additional Solicitor General of India Satya Pal Jain and advocate Dheeraj Jain, representing the Centre, placed a copy of the communication from the I&B Ministry before the Bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu.
Mr. Warring's counsel Nikhil Ghai said their petition was disposed of as their grievance was redressed after the Centre issued an advisory to ZEE5 not to release the docu-series. The I&B ministry, in its April 24 communication to ZEE5, advised it not to release it.
'Lawrence of Punjab' was to be released on ZEE5 on April 27.
