New Delhi, June 4 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Madhya Pradesh and Delhi governments seeking their responses to a plea filed by two MP-based journalists who were allegedly assaulted by Bhind police over their reporting on illegal sand mining.

A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Satish Chandra Sharma, however, refused to grant any interim relief to the journalists, noting that the Court was completely unaware about the offences that may have been committed by the journalists and a response from the State authorities in this regard was necessary.

"Because you're the fourth pillar, we're telling you. We will issue a notice and list it on Monday. Let the other side respond. We are not aware (about the case)", the b...