The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Narendra Modi government didn’t cooperate with the independent committee charged with investigating the illegal surveillance of citizens using Pegasus spyware, Live Law reported. The court also observed that the government refused to clearly state if it had bought the Israeli spyware or not.
An investigation by a consortium of media organisations last year had revealed that Pegasus, sold by Israel’s NSO Group, was used to illegally spy on people across the world. In India, at least 40 people, including politicians, journalists and activists, were spied on.
