-TheWire.in The petitioner, Global Village Foundation Public Trust, told the SC bench that it has challenged the notification issued by the Bengal government constituting the commission on the ground of jurisdiction. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, August 18, refused to stay the notification issued by the West Bengal government, setting up an inquiry commission to investigate the revelations of the Pegasus Project. The commission is headed by former Supreme Court judge...
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‘Sorry state of affairs’ in Parliament: Chief justice says there is no clarity in laws
-Scroll.in The Monsoon Session of Parliament saw several disruptions as the government and the Opposition reached an impasse over discussion on the Pegasus Spyware row. Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Sunday criticised the functioning of the Parliament, saying there was no clarity in laws, reported Bar and Bench. “Now we see legislations with lot of gaps, and lot of ambiguity in making laws,” Ramana said at the Independence Day ceremony organised...
More »Big Supreme Court Hearing Today Of Pleas For Pegasus Row Probe: 10 Points -Shylaja Varma
-NDTV.com New Delhi: The Supreme Court will today hear a batch of petitions, including those filed by the Editors Guild of India, seeking a special probe into the Pegasus Spyware scandal involving allegations that opposition leaders, journalists and others were targets. 1. A two-member bench, headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana, will hear the petitions. Justice Surya Kant is the second judge on the bench 2. The Editors' Guild of India, in its...
More »Only 15% Indians know about Pegasus. But once aware, their distrust of Modi govt grows -Rakesh Jain
-ThePrint.in Prashnam's 12-state survey shows a general lack of awareness. But among those who know what Pegasus is, a greater percentage say Modi government snoops on ordinary citizens. The Pegasus scandal has rocked India’s Parliament. The issue of Israeli spyware allegedly used for snooping on thousands of private citizens has been making headlines for the past two weeks across the world and in some sections of the Indian media. Reports continue to...
More »Pegasus: Mamata appoints Lokur for a judicial probe into the scandal -R Balaji
-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...
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