Pegasus snooping row: SC adjourns hearing to 22 April

The Supreme Court on Friday posted for 22 April 2025, the hearing on a batch of petitions that had sought inquiry into the allegations of the government allegedly using Israeli software Pegasus for snooping.

- PARMOD KUMAR

A bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh posted the matter for hearing on 22 April, after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for the central government told the bench that the matter came after a long time and urged to hear it in April.

The top court had on 27 October 2021, set up an expert committee under the supervision of its former judge, Justice R.V. Raveendran to probe into the alleged snooping of the mobile phones of political leaders, top court judges, media-persons and eminent people using Pegasus spyware, while not accepting the Centre flagging national security and fight against terrorism to stonewall any public disclosure of information.