The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally remarked that a journalist or a reporter doesn’t have the license to take the law into their own hands. The Court made the observation while hearing a plea by a journalist who was denied anticipatory bail by the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
The case of the journalist was that he was trying to expose a racket involving the illegal sale and purchase of a new born child. However, an FIR was registered against him alleging that he sought illegal gratification to suppress the news.