The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court observed in a recent judgement that "journalists do not enjoy special privileges or greater freedom than others to make imputations or allegations that are sufficient to ruin the reputation of a citizen".
The police FIR states that village Pradhan's representative Rajkumar Pal was aware of the unavailability of vegetables and instead of supplying them, he called a journalist and planned to shoot a video, insisting that the children are served only salt and roti.
On 16th July, Abhishek, too, filed a counter FIR against Sakshi Joshi and her husband Vinod Kapri accusing them of CARA rules and Juvenile Justice Act violations.