India's Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) had cleared comedy-drama ‘Jolly LLB 2', which stars Akshay Kumar, for release but the Bombay High Court intervened, the Press Trust of India reported.

The case is an unusual twist on censorship in the country, where courts have instructed India's censorship board to reinstate scenes that it has deleted -- not the other way round.

‘We had no objection with the film and gave it a certificate. It's a movie for entertainment and is fiction,' CBFC chairman Pahlaj Nihalani told AFP, adding that he was waiting to receive the court's order.