Chief Justice Says Plea Seeking Pegasus Probe May Be Heard Next Week

Friday, 30 July 2021Newsdesk

The request for a special investigation into the Pegasus scandal involving allegations that opposition politicians, journalists and others were targets of Israeli spyware, will be taken up next week, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said today.

New Delhi, 30 July 2021

As per news report of NDTV, senior journalists N Ram and Sashi Kumar had sought a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by a sitting of former judge into the snooping allegations. Their lawyer Kapil Sibal requested the Chief Justice to list the petition, saying it has "huge ramifications on freedom and liberty". Journalists, opposition leaders and judges were on the list of potential targets, Mr Sibal told the Chief Justice. Justice Ramana said: "We will list it next week and it depends on the workload". The petition says a global media investigation involving several leading publications has revealed that more than 142 persons in India were identified as potential targets for surveillance using Israeli firm NSO's Pegasus spyware, which is sold only to governments.

Source -NDTV