A bench comprising Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Vineet Saran and Justice Surya Kant will hear the petitions seeking a direction for an independent probe into allegations that illegal surveillance has been carried out on inter alia journalists, lawyers, government ministers, opposition politicians and civil society activists using the Pegasus spyware.
The Bench will hear the respondent- government today.
On the last date, the CJI had observed that no doubt, the allegations are serious, if the reports are true. "Truth has to come out, that's a different story. We don't know whose names are there".
