A bench comprising Acting Chief Justice B D Ahmed and Justice Siddharth Mridul has asked the film's producers including Sahara One Media and Entertainment Ltd to give their response on April 24.
The bench, which had earlier set aside the order of a single judge stalling its release on March 7, gave the order while hearing the plea by Uttar Pradesh-based social activist Sampat Pal seeking an injunction against the release of the film's DVDs and its screening on TV channels.
However, the producers have been opposing the contention.
Earlier, the producers had opposed the plea of Pal that the ongoing screening of the movie has amounted to "continuous defamation", saying that it had bombed at the box office.
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The film, which was scheduled for a nationwide release on March 7, had faced trouble after a single judge bench on March 5 stayed its release, taking note of Pal's defamation case.
Pal, who runs 'Gulabi Gang' comprising women vigilantes wearing pink sarees, had said she and her members help harassed women and girls by resorting to peaceful means while the promos show that the lead actor, playing her character, as an anti-social element, wielding swords and sickles.
The single judge had noted that while the producers might suffer monetary loss, Pal will suffer both financial loss, as her copyright over Gulabi Gang has been used without her permission, as well as loss of reputation "which cannot be calculated in terms of money".