Pegasus row News

In October last year, the Supreme Court had ordered a probe into the alleged use of the spyware Today, it extended the time for submitting the report by the top court-appointed technical and supervisory committees

The Supreme Court Wednesday formed a three-member committee to oversee a technical committee comprising of three members, including those who are experts in cyber security, digital forensics, networks and hardware, which will probe the Pegasus spyware case.

SC ordered probe into Pegasus snoopgate It said the Centre can't cite national security to get a free pass

Union Home Minister hit out at Congress and said that during Manmohan Singh's government, there was no policy for the country, there was no talk on the security of the country and that every day a new corruption came to the fore.

The apex court had reserved order on September 13 in the matter. The Centre has refused to file a detailed affidavit citing national security. The Centre offered to constitute a committee of domain experts to prove the snooping allegations.

Kapil Sibal was speaking on behalf of petitioners Tushar Mehta said that the government doesn't want to file a detailed affidavit

The Supreme Court will hear a batch of petitions seeking an independent probe into the alleged Pegasus snooping matter. The plea claims that the alleged snooping was an attempt by agencies and organisations to muzzle the exercise of free speech in India.

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani is also present at the event.

Several media organisations and global entities worked on Pegasus project Most of these organisations are linked with billionaire George Soros George Soros could be behind the Pegaus project

Nitish Kumar demanded a probe into Pegasus issue He also called for discussion in parliament over it Parliament saw repeated disruption over Pegasus row

The members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, met in Parliament to discuss 'Citizens' safety and data protection'. BJP opposed the panel meeting alleging that when Congress is not allowing discussion on the Pegasus issue in Parliament then it cannot be brought up in the committee meeting. Congress MP Tharoor had asserted that Pegasus row the "most important issue" for many members.

TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee is currently in a meeting with Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi. Banerjee’s visit to Delhi comes in the backdrop of Centre surrounded in the middle of the Pegasus snooping controversy, and other issues. On the ongoing Pegasus row, Banerjee asserted that the issue was more serious than Emergency and accused the Centre of being unresponsive.

Bengal govt has constituted a two-member inquiry panel to look into Pegasus snooping scandal The two-member commission will be headed by former Calcutta High court Chief Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya

West Bengal government has formed a two-member inquiry commission to look into allegations. The decision to form a panel, with retired judges as its members, was taken at a special cabinet meeting chaired by the chief minister during the day.

"GOI has gone rogue & is brazenly subverting basic human rights," Mufti tweeted. The opposition parties have increased their attacks on the Centre over snooping allegations with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday demanding the resignation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The Centre on Sunday (July 18) had rejected the media reports and termed the allegations "false and malicious".

Rahul Gandhi alleged all his phones were tapped and demanded the resignation of Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah over Pegasus snooping row. Reacting to Gandhi’s comments, Rathore said they were "irresponsible" and asserted no one's phone has been tapped illegally by the Modi government. An international consortium under "Pegasus project" has revealed that the numbers of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, two union ministers, 40 journalists were selected as potential targets of snooping.

UP Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu, other leaders were arrested They clashed with the police in Lucknow They were going to Raj Bhawan over Pegasus spyware row

Plea filed in SC seeking probe into Pegasus scandal The plea called it an attack on the Indian democracy

Mamata attacked BJP-led Centre over various issues She accused govt of snooping She criticised Centre over fuel prices, pandemic handling

Shashi Tharoor demanded independent probe into Pegasus project report He said national security cannot be an excuse to avoid probe