The Supreme Court of India has said that if the allegations of Pegasus are true, it is undoubtedly a serious matter. Commenting on the first hearing of the surveillance case on Thursday, Chief Justice NV Ramna said, "We need to know the truth. We still don't know whose name it is. "Israeli company NSO uses technology to eavesdrop on Indian journalists, politicians, human rights activists and many others
Yesterday was the first hearing of various cases demanding an investigation into the leaves.
The lawyers of the petitioners in this case were asked to send a copy of their petition to the government. The Chief Justice directed that the next hearing of the case be held next Tuesday. The Editors Guild is one of the petitioners in this case. CPM Rajya Sabha member John Brits too. Two other petitioners in the case are journalists N Ram and Shashi Kumar.At the start of the hearing in the court of Chief Justice Ramna and Justice Suryakantar, Congress leader Kapil Sibal, a lawyer for N Ram and Shashi Kumar, said Pegasus was a technology that was being used to invade private life without anyone noticing.Chief Justice Ramna said at the time that if the allegations were true, it was undoubtedly a serious matter. But there are two things to know.
First of all, why didn't those whose phones were eavesdropped report to the police? Secondly, this allegation was also raised in 2019, but why is the application being made now? He added that the application was based on a newspaper report. The applicants were renowned journalists and activists, they could gather more verifiable information.In response, lawyer Kapil Sibal said how dangerous Pegasus technology was, the character was understood after receiving the laboratory report. Since this technology was only sold to the government and government agencies, there was no way for anyone to know anything personally. "I have only one question," he added. If the government knew that this was being eavesdropped on, then why didn't it take action against the NSO? This is a question of civil rights.Sixteen leading newspapers and media outlets from different countries are jointly involved in the investigation.
The Wire news portal was from India. Last Wednesday, they said, an old phone number used by former Supreme Court Chief Justice Arun Mishra, the phones of two Supreme Court officials and three lawyers were also on the watch list.On the eve of the Supreme Court hearing, 14 Indian opposition parties, including the Congress, demanded a detailed debate in two chambers of Parliament on the Pegasus scandal.
However, the session of both the houses of the parliament has been repeatedly postponed demanding discussion. Six Rajya Sabha members of the Trinamool Congress were suspended for one day on Wednesday. The Rajya Sabha remained inactive yesterday due to that incident. A glass of the entrance to the Rajya Sabha room was broken by the noise. Both the government and the opposition are blaming each other for the stalemate in parliament.On the eve of the Supreme Court hearing, 14 Indian opposition parties, including the Congress, demanded a detailed debate in two chambers of Parliament on the Pegasus scandal.
However, the session of both the houses of the parliament has been repeatedly postponed demanding discussion. Six Rajya Sabha members of the Inamorata Congress were suspended for one day on Wednesday. The Rajya Sabha remained inactive yesterday due to that incident. A glass of the entrance to the Rajya Sabha room was broken by the noise. Both the government and the opposition are blaming each other for the stalemate in parliament.
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