New Delhi: The Union government today said it has ‘nothing to hide from the court’ when the Supreme Court was hearing petitions seeking a thorough investigation into the Pegasus spyware scandal.
The Court, issuing notice to the Centre, said the government should reply on allegations that the Israeli spyware was used on individual phones, adding it will decide on forming a committee to investigate the allegations only after getting the Centre’s response.
“We do not want national security to be compromised, but the phones of individuals were attacked as per their claims. Only a competent authority can respond on that,” said Justice Surya Kant.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana issued a notice to the Centre and said that the government must reply within ten days on allegations that the Israeli spyware was used for snooping, adding it will decide on forming a committee after getting the response.