Pegasus row: Plea in Supreme Court seeks court-monitored SIT probe

A PETITION has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the Pegasus spyware scandal. It also seeks prosecution of “all accused persons/ministers for buying of Pegasus and snooping on citizens of India” – including politicians, journalists and activists – “for their vested political interest since 2017”.

Citing media reports, the plea filed by Advocate M L Sharma says, “The Pegasus scandal is a matter of grave concern and a serious attack upon Indian democracy, judiciary and country’s security. The widespread and unaccountable use of surveillance is morally disfiguring.”