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Pegasus row: The bench also comprising justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli said the panel has submitted its “lengthy” report in three parts and one part suggested amending the law to protect the right to privacy of citizens and ensure cyber security of the nation.
New Delhi, Aug. 25 (PTI): The Supreme Court on Thursday said the technical panel appointed by it to probe the unauthorised use of Pegasus has found some malware in five mobile phones out of the 29 examined but it could not be concluded that it was due to the Israeli spyware. After perusing the report submitted by former apex court Justice R V Raveendran, Chief Justice N V Ramana also noted that the Central government did not cooperate with the Pegasus probe. The top court last year ordered a probe into the allegations of the use of Israeli spyware by government agencies for targeted surveillan...
The Supreme Court agreed to hear on Friday instead of Wednesday a batch of pleas, which alleged use of Israeli spyware for surveillance of certain people in India, after taking note of the submissions of the solicitor general for the Centre.
Justice Raveendran, who is heading the monitoring panel, has been assisted by former IPS officer Alok Joshi and Sundeep Oberoi, Chairman of Sub Committee in International Organisation of Standardisation/ International Electro-Technical Commission/Joint Technical Committee – in monitoring the inquiry of the technical panel. Pegasus Row: Supreme Court to Hear Batch of Pleas on Pegasus Spying Allegations on February 23.
This will be the first time after October 27 last year that the matter will be heard. The SC is expected to consider the Justice Raveendran committee's interim report.