ZEE5, a streaming platform in India, has approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court to challenge the Centre's advisory issued on April 24, which seeks to prevent the release of the docuseries 'Lawrence of Punjab.' The platform contends that the advisory, issued by the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, does not cite any specific legal provision, thus lacking authority to block the release. The advisory was prompted by concerns raised by the Punjab Police regarding the series' potential to glorify gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and disrupt public order, particularly among youth. In response, the court has asked both the Punjab government and the Centre to submit their replies by May 11. Previously, Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring filed a public interest litigation seeking to halt the series' release, but he withdrew it following the Centre's advisory. ZEE5 and Riverland Entertainment, the producers, assert that the docuseries is a sociological examination of the intersection between student politics and media, rather than a glorification of criminal elements.