3-judge SC bench to hear Pegasus pleas today

AN EXPANDED three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of India N V Ramana, will hear a batch of petitions seeking an independent probe into the allegations of surveillance through the use of Pegasus spyware on Tuesday.

The bench will also also have justices Vineet Saran and Surya Kant. The same combination also sat in Court Number 1 on Monday.

In the last hearing on August 5, the top court had described the allegations as “serious” and had asked the parties to first supply copies of their petitions to the government counsel after which it would hear the matter again on August 10. The bench then had Chief justice Ramana and Justice Kant.