[BREAKING] Editors Guild of India moves Supreme Court seeking SIT probe into Pegasus snoopgate, disclosure of list of persons spied
Editors Guild of India, a society established with the object of protecting press freedom, has approached the Supreme Court of India seeking probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the Pegasus snoopgate.
Besides, seeking SIT probe, the plea also sought directions to be issued to the Central government to produce details of contracts entered into with foreign companies for deploying spyware for surveillance and the persons against whom such spyware was used.
The plea, a public interest litigation (PIL) petition challenged the constitutional vires of electronic surveillance, hacking and use of spyware, and the existing legal architecture for surveillance.