Responding to a petition filed in the Supreme Court challenging the detention of journalists during recent protests demanding the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar, the Centre told the Supreme Court on October 15 that it’s getting difficult to distinguish between a “reel maker” and an “independent journalist”, according to the Indian Express.
“What has happened, and our experience is that there are several people who say we are freelance journalists. They have a mic, and they record things, and they upload on the... What is going on is reel-making; that happens even at the protest site. So, we do not know who is a reel maker, and who is an independent journalist,” said Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre.
