Guwahati, Oct. 15 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday sought responses from the Centre and Delhi Police on a plea seeking binding guidelines to regulate police interactions with journalists covering protests, public assemblies and crowd-control operations, following allegations of assault, intimidation and harassment of media personnel in Delhi.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said it would consider framing guidelines after senior advocate Indira Jaising, appearing for the petitioner, sought a national protocol to protect journalists while reporting from public events.

"We would like to lay down guidelines," the bench observed.

The plea alleged that several journalists, including women reporters, we...