Pegasus Snooping Row: Supreme Court Hearing On Pleas For Independent Probe-LIVE UPDATES

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5 Aug 2021 5:07 AM GMT

  • Pegasus Snooping Row: Supreme Court Hearing On Pleas For Independent Probe-LIVE UPDATES

    A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana to hear petitions seeking probe into reports of targeted surveillance using Pegasus Spyware.The Petitions are filed by 1) ML Sharma, 2) Rajya Sabha MPJohn Brittas, 3) Journalist N Ram and Sashi Kumar, 4) Jagdeep Chokkar, 5) Narendra Mishra, 6) Journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh, 7) Journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, 8) SNM Abdi and...

    A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana to hear petitions seeking probe into reports of targeted surveillance using Pegasus Spyware.

    The Petitions are filed by 

    1) ML Sharma,  2) Rajya Sabha  MPJohn Brittas, 3) Journalist N Ram and Sashi Kumar, 4) Jagdeep Chokkar, 5) Narendra Mishra, 6) Journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh, 7) Journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, 8) SNM Abdi and 9) Editors Guild of India

    Live Updates

    • 5 Aug 2021 6:14 AM GMT

      Divan : These are not some media reports. Two governments, US and France, have alerted the Israel govt and its response was sought. These are not just some media reports.

    • 5 Aug 2021 6:13 AM GMT

      Shyam Divan for Jagdeep Chokkar says his client's phone was under surveillance.

    • 5 Aug 2021 6:12 AM GMT

      CJI : If you know that your phone is hacked, why are you not filing an FIR? If you want to answer, answer that. There is no need for further elaboration.

    • 5 Aug 2021 6:11 AM GMT

      Arora : If you have said in 2019 that you have not done, and now it is known that it has been done, there is a need to investigate. 

    • 5 Aug 2021 6:10 AM GMT

      Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora appearing for John Brittas  referring to the statement made by the former IT Minister RS Prasad in 2019 that "to the best of his knowledge, there was no unauthorized interception".

    • 5 Aug 2021 6:09 AM GMT

      CU Singh : IT Act and the rules which states only centre and states can do this interception with strict checks and safeguards

      CJI: You can file a case?

      Singh: There is no effective remedy.

    • 5 Aug 2021 6:09 AM GMT

      Meenakshi Arora: The  issue raised in Parliament in 2019 whether there was any interception to which the answer was given in negative

    • 5 Aug 2021 6:08 AM GMT

      CU Singh now says that the names of the persons targeted were not known in 2019. The names were known after a forensic analysis was done by an international agency.

    • 5 Aug 2021 6:07 AM GMT

      CJI : CJI: Truth has to come out, that’s a different story. We don’t know who’s names are there.

    • 5 Aug 2021 6:06 AM GMT

      Sibal : Lawyers, Academicians, Activists have become terrorists if their names are included in list.

      All we want is a notice at this stage.

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