Sr journalists move SC seeking probe into Pegasus

July 27, 2021

Veteran journalists N Ram (former Chief Editor The Hindu) and Sashi Kumar (founder Asianet, Director ACJ) move the Supreme Court seeking an inquiry headed by a sitting or retired judge of the SC into the reports of surveillance using Pegasus spyware.

The writ petition also sought a direction to the Union of India to disclose if it or any of its agencies have used the spyware in question either directly or indirectly to conduct any such surveillance.