Supreme Court to pass orders on October 27 in Pegasus case
The Hindu
Pleas have sought formation of independent panel to probe alleged spying
NEW DELHI: A Supreme Court Bench led by Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana is on October 27 scheduled to pronounce its decision in pleas to form an independent committee to probe into reports that the government used Israeli-based to spy on citizens.
On September 23, the court indicated its intention to form a committee to examine allegations. The CJI, at the time, said the court wanted to pass the orders without delay, but had been temporarily stalled because some of the members it had shortlisted for the committee were unavailable due to personal reasons.
The court on September 13 reserved the case, led by a , after the government expressed reservations about filing a “detailed” affidavit responding to the allegations. The Centre had said it would be too public and compromise national security.