Pegasus Row: An Update: An MP knocks on the Supreme Court door
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Sukla Sen
Jul 26, 2021, 6:06:20 AM7/26/21
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Jumping the gun?
Jockeying for position?
Be that as it may, now, the others must join in.
A rejection by the SC will have serious implications.
The regime must, however, continue to be asked to clarify whether it had authorised the snooping on the floor of the parliament.
<<Communist Party of India (Marxist) Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas has moved the Supreme Court, seeking a court-monitored inquiry by a special investigation team into the alleged surveillance by government agencies using the Pegasus spyware, PTI reported on Sunday.
The Pegasus spyware is licensed to governments around the world by the Israeli cyber intelligence company NSO Group. The company says that it licenses its software only to “vetted governments” and that Pegasus is intended to target criminals.
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"If the Pegasus Spyware was used in an unauthorized manner that is in violation of fundamental rights under Articles 19(1)(a) and 21 and also as a slap on the face of the right to privacy upheld by this Hon’ble Court in Puttaswamy case. There is also violation of the provisions of IT Act & Indian Telegraph Act for which strict penal action needs to be done after an immediate, independent and transparent”
— Petition filed by Communist Party of India (Marxist) Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas>>
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