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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Pegasus: Mamata appoints Lokur for a judicial probe into the scandal -R Balaji

Pegasus: Mamata appoints Lokur for a judicial probe into the scandal -R Balaji

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published Published on Jul 27, 2021   modified Modified on Jul 27, 2021

-The Telegraph

The ex-judge, who has often found himself at odds with the Narendra Modi government, said that he was yet to receive the formal notification from Bengal govt

Justice Madan B. Lokur, whom the Mamata Banerjee government appointed on Monday to a two-member judicial probe into the Pegasus controversy, has often found himself at odds with the Narendra Modi government.

So much so that last October, the Centre had rushed to stall the Supreme Court’s move to appoint him as a one-man committee to monitor efforts to prevent Delhi’s air pollution. The government got the court to withhold the appointment by promising an ordinance on air quality management.

As a sitting judge, Justice Lokur had headed a bench that delivered an unpalatable verdict for the Modi government on extra-judicial killings.

Justice Lokur had condemned, after retirement, the use of the sedition law against “youngsters, students talking about doing something good for the country”.

Justice Lokur confirmed his appointment by the Bengal government on Monday but told The Telegraph he was yet to receive the formal notification.

“Obviously,” Justice Lokur said, asked whether the Bengal government had taken his consent before appointing him.

He said he was not aware of the two-man commission's terms of reference or the timetable for submission of the report.

“I’m yet to receive any formal communication from the Bengal government. As such I'm not in a position to say anything,” Justice Lokur said.

Two petitions had been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored investigation into allegations about the government snooping on judges, politicians, journalists and rights activists with the Israeli spyware Pegasus.

The petitions by John Brittas, a CPM Rajya Sabha member from Kerala, and advocate M.L. Sharma are expected to come up for hearing this week.

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The Telegraph, 27 Jul, 2021, https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/pegasus-mamata-appoints-lokur-to-a-two-member-judicial-probe-into-the-controversy/cid/1824058?fbclid=IwAR1vCrZRXUifg_fRbM3NKfi23dstOYsdQDAG8DCh-9Jn3UG_0lbkr-Uqyl8#.YP_J15InMgg.facebook


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