Pegasus Snooping Row: Supreme Court Hearing On Pleas For Independent Probe-LIVE UPDATES

CJI : Before going into all that, we have certain questions. No doubt, the allegations are serious, if the reports are true.

Sibal : It is an assault on privacy, dignity and values of our republic.

Bench hears Sibal now. Sibal says he is appearing for N Ramand Sashi Kumar

Sibal : Pegasus is a rogue technology which enters our lives without our knowledge. It surveys every minute of our moment.

CJI : Mr.Sharma, you have given connections to how many people?

Sharma : I have not given connections to anyone.

CJI : Because of this, we cannot hear anyone. We will hear senior advocate first.

Justice Surya Kant : Other than newspaper cuttings, as CJI pointed out, you filed complaint before CBI. And next day you filed the petition.

Sharma : My petition is not based on newspaper cutting. My petition is based on the fact admitted by NSO in the US Court.

Sharma says his matter is different.

CJI : Mr.Sharma, except newspaper cutting, what is there in your petition. What purpose you have filed the petition? You want us to collect the material and argue your case. This is not the way of filing a PIL. We also read newspapers.

Senior Adv Kapil Sibal starts. ML Sharma says he is appearing in the first item.

CJI to Sharma : Mr.Sharma, no doubt you have filed the writ petition first. Let Sibal lead the matter. He is a senior advocate after all.

CJI's bench takes up the #Pegasus cases.

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Senior Advocate Shyam Divan also likely to appear in one of the #Pegasus cases.

#Pegasus cases are listed as items 10 & 16.

Senior Advocate Arvind P Datar is also likely to appear in one of the #Pegasus cases.