Their appeal is immediately understandable – many people would be upset by seeing photos of a loved one everywhere after such a traumatic event. The media had evidently not received permission to use these photos in their news stories.

"If there is no difference between the working journalist and workmen then it cannot be that the working journalist retains special privileges while they are denied to other workmen including non-working journalists," the high court said. 

“The prevailing laws would be amended and new laws would be formulated as per the spirit of federalism,” she said. 

Speaking at the 38th state journalists conference organised by the Karnataka Working Journalists’ Union, Siddaramaiah said his government is always with the journalists to assist them.