Pegasus: Supreme Court to take up on Aug 5 pleas for probe into snooping claims

The Supreme Court will take up on August 5, petitions seeking an independent probe into allegations of surveillance using the Pegasus software made by Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO Group.

The petitions have been listed before a bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justice Surya Kant.

There are three petitions before the court in the matter, one filed by senior journalists N Ram and Shashi Kumar, another by advocate M L Sharma and a third one by CPI(M) Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas.

Ram and Kumar have sought a probe by a sitting or former judge of the SC into the allegations.