Madhuri Dikshit-starrer Gulaab Gang will hit theatres across the country on Friday as scheduled with the Delhi High Court lifting the stay on the movie's release on Thursday.

A single-judge bench of the Delhi High Court had banned its release, citing that the movie depicts an activist and her 'Gulabi Gang' in poor light.



"The film can only be shown after displaying a clear disclaimer that it has nothing to do with the life of Sampat Pal and her organisation Gulabi Gang,"a division bench of acting Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Siddharth Mridul ruled on Thursday.

The film had landed in trouble after a single-judge bench took note of a defamation suit filed by Sampat Pal, a UP-based activist. Pal, who runs the

Gulabi Gang comprising women vigilantes wearing pink sarees, said the lead actor, playing her character, was shown as an anti-social element, wielding swords and sickles, contrary to her real life persona.

The larger bench agreed to hear the plea of film's producer Sahara One Media and Entertainment Ltd against the interim order of the single judge bench.

"When did you come to know that the film is based on your life? Why you came so late?" the bench said. Citing the case records, Pal's counsel said there was no delay on her part and that she moved the court after the producers refused to reply to a legal notice.

Senior counsel Rajiv Nayar, appearing for the producer, said the law is well settled that the prepublication injunction can't be granted in such cases.