New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday posted for hearing on April 22 a batch of pleas seeking inquiry into the allegations of the government allegedly using Israeli software Pegasus for snooping.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for Centre, told a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotishwar Singh that the matter came after a long time and urged to hear it in April.
The bench then posted the case for hearing on April 22.
The top court had constituted technical committee and overseeing committee, on the alleged use of Pegasus spyware to snoop on phones of politicians, activists and journalists.
The apex court had appointed a committee headed by a former top court judge to look into Pegasus’s snooping allegations.
The committee, headed by Justice (retd.) Raveendran was tasked to oversee the functioning of the technical committee and was assisted by Alok Joshi, former IPS officer and Dr. Sundeep Oberoi, Chairman, Sub-Committee in (International Organisation of Standardisation/International Electro-Technical Commission/Joint Technical Committee). (ANI)
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