Pegasus Espionage case: Supreme Court to pass order on Pegasus next week, a committee will be formed

  • Hearing the Pegasus espionage case on Thursday, the Supreme Court said that it will now pass an order on the matter next week.
  • At the same time, during the hearing, Chief Justice NV Ramanna said that the Supreme Court wants to constitute a committee of technical experts.
  • Some experts have expressed their inability to attend the committee due to personal reasons.
  • The apex court had on September 13 reserved its order, saying it only wanted to know whether the Center has used Pegasus spyware illegally to allegedly spy on citizens.
  • The Center had categorically refused to file an affidavit on the petitions seeking an independent probe into the espionage case, citing national security.