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Pegasus: PIL filed in Supreme Court seeking SIT probe
Updated On: 22 July, 2021 12:30 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
The petition, filed by advocate M L Sharma, said the use of Pegasus was not just eavesdropping on conversations but can be used to access the entire digital imprint of one`s life as it renders helpless not just the owner of the phone hacked but everyone who is in contact with him
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A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the reports of alleged snooping by government agencies using Israeli spyware Pegasus over journalists, activists, politicians and others.
The petition, filed by advocate M L Sharma, said the Pegasus scandal was a matter of grave concern and a serious attack upon Indian democracy, judiciary and country`s security and the "widespread and unaccountable" use of surveillance is "morally disfiguring".
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