Numbers of Supreme Court Registrars, Former Judge Allegedly On Snoop List

Phone numbers of two registrars of the Supreme Court, an old number of a former judge and a close aide of a former Attorney General were on the list of potential targets for surveillance by Israeli spyware Pegasus, news portal "The Wire" reported today. The names of the two court officials -- NK Gandhi and TI Rajput -- were added in early 2019, The Wire reported. "Both worked in the crucial 'writ' section of the Supreme Court's registry when their numbers were added. More than 1,000 writ petitions are filed directly in the apex court in any given year, and these are of direct concern to the Union government. Some of them are considered politically sensitive," The Wire reported. The name of Justice Arun Mishra, who retired last year from the Supreme Court, was added in 2019, the report said.