Supreme Court silent on Pegasus probe commission set up by Bengal govt: panel member

A two-man commission set up by the Mamata Banerjee government to investigate alleged phone tapping of various persons of West Bengal using Pegasus software is functioning as usual as the Supreme Court did not say anything on the panel in its Wednesday’s order, one of its members, Justice (retd) Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya, said.

The apex court on Wednesday appointed a three-member panel of cyber experts to probe the alleged use of Israeli software Pegasus for surveillance of certain people in India.

“Since the Supreme Court order of Wednesday did not refer to us (the two-man commission) or touch upon us, there is no restraint order on our activities,” Justice (retd) Bhattacharya said on Thursday.