The Supreme Court on Wednesday raised the issue of misuse of media by business entities to harass rivals and asked whether there were guidelines to guard against publication of news stories to destroy reputation of others. A bench of Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia and Justices D K Jain, S S Nijjar, R P Desai and J S Khehar also asked, "If presumption of innocence is the basis of rule of law and if in a given case the court finds that media has abridged the presumption of innocence, can the courts not take preventive steps?"