The hearing in the Supreme Court on nine petitions related to the Pegasus espionage case has been postponed till next Monday. The Solicitor General said that the copy of the complaint is still being read. You will be able to present your argument only after reading the copy. After this, the Chief Justice adjourned the hearing till Monday.
The hearing on Pegasus began at exactly 11 o’clock in the Supreme Court. Chief Justice NV Raman asked whether the copy was given to the government. On this, the Solicitor General said that except Yashwant Sinha, everyone’s copy has been received, now we are studying, after that we will take instructions from the government, so time should be given till Friday. The Chief Justice said that we have some problem on Friday, we will be able to hear on Monday. During this, Chief Justice NV Raman said that whatever petitioners are in front of us, keep the matter in front of us. Answer our questions. If you want to talk only on the media or social media, then it is a different matter. We expect you not to run parallel processes. There has to be some discipline. Kapil Sibal and other lawyers agreed with the Chief Justice’s point of view. During this, Kapil Sibal also mentioned the action of the California court.
In this case, applications have been filed on behalf of journalists, lawyers, social activists and Editors Guild of India demanding SIT probe. An SIT should be constituted under the chairmanship of a retired or sitting judge of the Supreme Court. Earlier on August 5, a bench of Chief Justice NV Raman and Justice Surya Kant heard the matter.
During the hearing, the Chief Justice questioned the petitioner as to why the complaint under the IT Act has not been filed in this caseIf you think your phone has been hacked, why not register an FIR? The Chief Justice asked all the petitioners to send a copy of the application to the Central Government so that someone would be present to take notice.
Minister of State for Defense Ajay Bhatt told the Rajya Sabha on Monday that the government had no dealings with NSO. Minister of State for Defense Ajay Bhatt said in a written reply that his ministry did not enter into any agreement with the Israel company and did not take any service from it. IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnav had also earlier denied any service of NSO by the government in the Rajya Sabha.
