News Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Amit Mandal
Updated Mon, 21 Feb 2022 11:17 PM IST
Summary
The PILs, filed by the Editors Guild of India and veteran journalists N Ram and Shashi Kumar, are listed for hearing on February 23.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a batch of petitions on the Pegasus issue for the first time since October 27 last year. The court then ordered the formation of a three-member panel of cyber experts to investigate allegations of using Israeli spyware to monitor certain people in India.
Panel likely to file report
A bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli listed 12 PILs, including those filed by the Editors Guild of India and veteran journalists N Ram and Shashi Kumar, for hearing on February 23 and It is likely to be considered. It is likely to analyze the report which is to be filed by the apex court-appointed panel.
The panel consisted of three experts on cyber security, digital forensics, networks and hardware. They were asked to interrogate, investigate and determine whether Pegasus spyware was used to spy on civilians and the task of overseeing its investigation was given to former apex court judge R V Raveendran. The members of the panel were Naveen Kumar Choudhary, Prabharan P and Ashwin Anil Gumaste.
headed by Justice Raveendran
Justice Raveendran, who is heading the monitoring panel, is assisted by former IPS officer Alok Joshi and Sandeep Oberoi, chairman of the sub-committee in the International Organization for Standardization/International Electro-Technical Commission/Joint Technical Committee, in overseeing the investigation of the technical panel. The bench had asked the committee to prepare a report after thorough investigation and place it before the court at the earliest.
Reports emerged in recent days that the inquiry panel was facing difficulties as very few people were coming forward to appear before it or to submit their equipment for technical examination.
Expansion
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a batch of petitions on the Pegasus issue for the first time since October 27 last year. The court then ordered the formation of a three-member panel of cyber experts to investigate allegations of using Israeli spyware to monitor certain people in India.
Panel likely to file report
A bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli listed 12 PILs, including those filed by the Editors Guild of India and veteran journalists N Ram and Shashi Kumar, for hearing on February 23 and It is likely to be considered. It is likely to analyze the report which is to be filed by the apex court-appointed panel.
The panel consisted of three experts on cyber security, digital forensics, networks and hardware. They were asked to interrogate, investigate and determine whether Pegasus spyware was used to spy on civilians and the task of overseeing its investigation was given to former apex court judge R V Raveendran. The members of the panel were Naveen Kumar Choudhary, Prabharan P and Ashwin Anil Gumaste.
headed by Justice Raveendran
Justice Raveendran, who is heading the monitoring panel, is assisted by former IPS officer Alok Joshi and Sandeep Oberoi, chairman of the sub-committee in the International Organization for Standardization/International Electro-Technical Commission/Joint Technical Committee, in overseeing the investigation of the technical panel. The bench had asked the committee to prepare a report after thorough investigation and place it before the court at the earliest.
Reports emerged in recent days that the inquiry panel was facing difficulties as very few people were coming forward to appear before it or to submit their equipment for technical examination.