Last Updated: August 25, 2022, 10:37 AM IST
The apex court had also observed that the state cannot get a ‘free pass’ every time the spectre of national security is raised. (File Photo)
In October last year, the Supreme Court directed a panel of experts to investigate whether the government used military-grade private Israeli Pegasus spyware to surveil opposition leaders, activists, tycoons, judges and journalists
The Supreme Court of India will shortly hear the Pegasus spyware case. A bench led by Chief Justice NV Ramana will hear the spyware case. Last year, a row erupted over Israeli spyware Pegasus allegedly being used for targeted surveillance in India.
In October last year, the Supreme Court directed a panel of experts to investigate whether the government used military-grade private Israeli Pegasus spyware to surveil opposition leaders, activists, tycoons, judges and journalists.
The apex court had also observed that the state cannot get a “free pass” every time the spectre of national security is raised and that its mere invocation cannot render the judiciary a “mute spectator” and be the bugbear it shies away from.
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The technical committee appointed by the Supreme Court had issued a public notice in January asking citizens to come forward and contact the panel if they suspected that their mobile devices were infected by Pegasus malware.
The public notice asked such citizens to also specify the reasons as to why they believed that their device may have been infected with Pegasus malware, and whether they would be in a position to allow the technical committee to examine the said device.
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