Pegasus snooping row: all the top developments in 1 minute

Ravi Singh
2 min readOct 27, 2021

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Pegasus snooping row: all the top developments in 1 minute: The Supreme Court (SC) is set to pronounce its order on pleas seeking an independent probe into the Pegasus snooping scandal.

Here’s a timeline of the case so far:

July 18: News reports emerged alleging Pegasus software was used to spy on politicians, activists, journalists and judges

Report created a political furore as it came out just a day before the start of Monsoon Session of Parliament

Entire Monsoon Session washed out as opposition attacked govt over Pegasus snooping scandal

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Govt rubbished opposition charges on charges, questioned timing of the report

Congress accused the government of “treason” and compromising on national security

Opposition demanded Home Minister’s resignation, sought to know if govt purchased Pegasus

Home minister Amit Shah called it “a report by disrupters for the obstructers”, timed to disrupt Parliament

Some veteran journalists and politicians moved Supreme Court seeking an independent probe

Supreme Court during the first hearing: “Allegations in reports serious if true”

Citing national security, the Centre refused to file a detailed affidavit in the matter

Sept 13: SC reserved its order after govt expressed reservation over filing a detailed affidavit

Sept 23: Court indicated the formation of a committee to examine allegations

SC made it clear that there would be no more “beating around the bush” on the issue

SC: Gave government fair opportunity to file affidavit, we will now pass order

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