Taking a firm step to weed out fake press reporters, the Madras High Court on Tuesday warned that it will constitute a special committee to examine assets and liabilities possessed by them to know as to whether they are genuine press persons or not and if it is in consonance with their known source of income.
It was brought to the court's notice that many persons claiming themselves to be press people are said to have been committing crimes and blackmailing business people and government officials.
A division bench of Justices N Kirubakaran and P Velmurugan said "If this court is convinced, this court will constitute a special committee to look into the circulation of those magazines as well as newspapers."
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