The three-page affidavit has denied all accusations relating to the alleged surveillance
A committee of experts to examine all aspects of the alleged surveillance of Indian citizens with the Israeli Pegasus spyware will be set up by the Union government.
This was stated in an affidavit filed through the ministry of electronics and information technology and submitted in the Supreme Court that also said that there were “vested interests” behind the controversy.
As per the affidavit, this was being done with a view to dispelling any wrong narrative that could be spread by vested interests. filed through the ministry of electronics and information technology.
The bench, headed by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, is set to hear a clutch demanding a court-monitored independent investigation into the alleged snooping. The experts will examine all aspects of the alleged surveillance of Indian citizens with the Israeli Pegasus spyware.
The three-page affidavit has denied all accusations relating to the alleged surveillance.
The bench, headed by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, is set to hear a clutch demanding a court-monitored independent investigation into the alleged snooping
The Pegasus row, it may be recalled, erupted on July 18 after it was reported that the phones of many Indian ministers, politicians, activists, businessmen and journalists were among the 50,000 that were targeted by Pegasus, Israeli company NSO Group’s phone hacking software.
The petitioners in the case include advocate ML Sharma; former union minister Yashwant Sinha, Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas; the Editors Guild of India; journalists N Ram and Sashi Kumar; journalists Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Rupesh Kumar Singh, Ipshita Shatakshi, SNM Abdi, and Prem Shankar Jha; civil rights activists Jagdeep S Chhokar and Narendra Mishra and former RSS ideologue and political activist KN Govindacharya.
