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23 Sep

SC defers order on Pegasus snooping row; to set up probe panel

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The Supreme Court observed that it may set up a technical committee to investigate the allegations of snooping by using the Pegasus spyware and will pass an order on the matter next week. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said the order, which was to be pronounced earlier, will now be delivered next week. Justice Ramana said that the court wanted to pass orders this week but the orders were deferred as some members, who the court had wanted to be part of the technical committee, had expressed personal difficulties to be on the committee. The top…

05 Aug

Pegasus row: SC pulls up lawyer, says no notice for Modi, Shah

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The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up advocate M.L. Sharma for making Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah as respondents in his petition seeking a court-monitored SIT probe into the Pegasus snooping issue. A bench comprising Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justice Surya Kant said: “You have included certain individuals (Prime Minister and Home Minister as respondents in the petition). We can’t issue notice like this. Don’t try to take advantage of things, you have a defective memo of parties”. Sharma had argued that the government is fabricating material in the computer through this software.

26 Jul

Pegasus case: West Bengal becomes the first state to order probe

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The Pegasus row erupted last Sunday before the beginning of the current monsoon session of Parliament after an international investigative consortium reported that India was among the countries that used phone hacking software to potentially target politicians, journalists and activists, West Bengal has ordered an inquiry into the Pegasus snooping row that has rocked the nation since July 18, becoming the first state to do so, said chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday. “The Cabinet has approved the appointment of a commission of inquiry comprising former Supreme Court judge, Justice (retd) MB Lokur and retired chief justice of Calcutta high…

23 Jul

Former CBI Chief Alok Verma added to Pegasus list after being sacked

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The Pegasus leaked list contains numbers of former CBI Director Alok Verma and his family, and of Rakesh Asthana, against whom the CBI had filed a case, The Wire reported. Eight of those phones were forensically confirmed by Amnesty International’s tech lab to have been successfully compromised by the military-grade spyware that its Israeli vendor, NSO Group, says it sells only to “vetted governments”. Two other phones showed signs of targeting. Along with Verma, the personal telephone numbers of his wife, daughter and son-in-law would eventually get placed on the list too, making it a total of 8 numbers from…

19 Jul

Two ministers, three opposition leaders, journalists, industrialists, bureaucrats . everyone is trapped by Pegasus

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Modi government has two ministers. Three important leaders of the opposition camp. A person holding a constitutional position. More than forty journalists. A group of businessmen and industrialists. Current and former heads of security agencies. In addition, social workers, government bureaucrats, lawyers. All of them allege that their phones were eavesdropped on by Pegasus spyware made by the Israeli NSO. An investigation report called 'Pegasus Project' claims that the Modi government tried to eavesdrop on more than 300 phones in India before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Media representatives from 16 countries, including India, conducted the investigation. However, the government claims that allegations of government surveillance against certain individuals…