In the backdrop of the ongoing lawyer-media tussle in Kerala, it is with a heightened sense of trepidation that this reporter entered the Kerala High Court premises in Ernakulam.

As I entered court, a lawyer jokingly wants to know, “Don’t you need any police protection?”, while another who passes by me asked why I had not gone to the court to confirm the news of the alleged assault on journalists last Friday.

“You could have seen for yourself whether we were attacking all media persons who were present on the court premises,” he said.