Pegasus in the Supreme Court Today

[Sukla Sen]

That's, on the face of it, a hopeful sign as there're reasons to suspect that this "serial litigant" is, at least occasionally, used to subvert a legitimate case.

<<"Mr.Sharma, no doubt you have filed the writ petition first. Let Mr.Sibal lead the matter. He is a senior advocate after all", the CJI then said, asking Sharma to let Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal argue first.

Sharma replied that his petition raised different issues.

"Mr.Sharma, except newspaper cuttings, what is there in your petition. What purpose you have filed the petition for? You want us to collect the material and argue your case? This is not the way of filing a PIL. We also read newspapers", CJI expressed displeasure at his PIL.>>

(Excerpted from: <https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-pulls-up-ml-sharma-in-pegasus-case-pil-178911>.)

The next hearing is on the coming Tuesday.

Most likely, the GoI would also be represented then.

Also look up:

I. <https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/pegasus-supreme-court-snooping-row-independent-probe-178892>.

II. <https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/pegasus-snooping-supreme-court-hearing-cji-ramana-178901>.