Pegasus Project Row: The Supreme Court has given a big decision on Pegasus Snooping Matter. The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the Pegasus espionage case will be investigated by an expert committee. The Supreme Court has constituted a three-member committee for this and has given 8 weeks to investigate.
The court, while making a stern remark, also said that espionage of people cannot be allowed at any cost. The Supreme Court said that the central government had no clear stand in this matter. There should be an investigation into the violation of privacy. The committee will investigate and submit the report to the court. The court will hear the matter again after 8 weeks.
The Supreme Court said that there was no specific rebuttal by the Centre, thus we have no option but to prima facie accept the pleas of the petitioner, we appoint an expert committee whose work will be looked into by the Supreme Court.
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According to news agency ANI, the three-member committee to investigate will be headed by former Supreme Court judge R.V. Ravindran will do. The other members will be Alok Joshi and Sandeep Oberoi. The Supreme Court delivered this verdict on petitions seeking an independent investigation into the Pegasus espionage case.
A bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli had on September 13 reserved its verdict on the matter, saying it only wanted to know whether the Center had illegally used Pegasus software for alleged spying of citizens. used or not?
The bench had made oral observations that it would constitute a technical expert committee to look into the matter and interim order on petitions filed for an independent inquiry into complaints of alleged spying by Israeli company NSO’s software Pegasus by hacking the phones of some prominent Indians. Will give
The bench had said it only wanted to know from the Centre, which has expressed reluctance to submit a detailed affidavit citing national security, whether Pegasus was allegedly used to spy on individuals, whether it was done in a legal manner.
On concerns raised by journalists and some others over privacy violations in the Pegasus controversy, the top court had said it was not interested in detailed information on national security. The Center, on the other hand, was reluctant to file a detailed affidavit on whether the software was used or not. The Center said that it is not a matter of public discussion nor is it in the interest of national security.
Significantly, the top court is hearing several petitions filed in this regard, including those filed by senior journalists N Ram and Shashi Kumar as well as the Editors Guild of India. The petitions have sought an independent investigation into the alleged Pegasus espionage scandal. International media groups had reported that there were around 300 authenticated Indian phone numbers that were potential targets of spying through Pegasus software.
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