Pegasus row: Don’t wish to file detailed affidavit on pleas seeking probe into snooping, Centre tells SC

The Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday that it does not wish to file a detailed affidavit on a batch of petitions seeking independent probe into the alleged Pegasus snooping row.

The Centre told a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana that it has ”nothing to hide” and that’s why the government has on its own said it will constitute a committee of domain experts to look into these allegations. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the bench, also comprising Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli, that whether a particular software is used or not by the government is not a matter for public discussion and making this information a part of an affidavit will not be in national interest. Mehta said the report of the committee of domain experts will be placed before the apex court.