Supreme Court cannot be stymied by failure of witnesses to appear: Shashi Tharoor on Pegasus order

Welcoming the Supreme Court's decision to set up an expert panel to probe the Pegasus row, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said the top court cannot be stymied by witnesses' failure to appear.

Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said the Supreme Court cannot be stymied by witnesses' failure to appear or members refusing to sign attendance register -- the means by which -- the Congress MP alleged the parliamentary panel on IT was thwarted from looking into the Pegasus issue. SupremeCourt orders inquiry into GoI’s use of Pegasus spyware. Just as well the SC cannot be stymied by the failure of witnesses of appear when summoned, or members refusing to the sign the attendance register — the means by which the Parl Cmt was thwartedhttps://t.co/Nn7GyzdQhW

The remarks by the chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology came after the Supreme Court appointed a three-member panel of cyber experts to probe the alleged use of Pegasus spyware for surveillance of certain people in India.