Supreme Court extends time for submitting Pegasus probe report to supervisory judge, says it should be over in 4 weeks
Supreme Court extends time for submitting Pegasus probe report to supervisory judge, says it should be over in 4 weeks
In the Pegasus spyware case, the Supreme Court on May 20 granted extension of time to the technical committee to complete its report.
The committee headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice R.V. Raveendran informed the court that at least 29 mobile devices have been received with suspected malware and are being examined.
Statements of some of the petitioners have been recorded. The committee is also contacting individuals and agencies for their comments and says its report along with Justice Raveendran’s recommendations on issues of privacy and cyber protection will be received by end of May.
A Special Bench led by Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana directed the technical committee to submit its findings in a report within four weeks and urged Justice Raveendran to submit the final report with recommendations on law expeditiously.
The Supreme Court has scheduled the next hearing to July.
The Supreme Court was examining allegations of the government using Pegasus, the Israeli military-grade software, to spy on citizens.
