The Supreme Court has listed for hearing on Wednesday a clutch of petitions based on which it set up a technical committee monitored by former apex court judge R.V. Raveendran in October last to examine allegations of the government using the Israeli military grade software to spy on citizens.
The 12 cases, including one by former Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu N. Ram and senior journalist Sashi Kumar, are listed before a three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) N.V. Ramana. .
The causelist shows the lead case, filed by advocate Manohar Lal Sharma, will be taken up “along with the interim report submitted by the technical committee”.
