Notice Issued to West Bengal Government for setting up an inquiry committee to investigate the Pegasus case
GG News Bureau
Kolkata, 25th Aug. A notice has been issued to the West Bengal Government. The West Bengal Government has to file a reply in the Supreme Court on setting up an inquiry committee to probe the Pegasus case.
Mamata government had constituted a two-member committee under the chairmanship of former Supreme Court judge Madan B Lokur. This move was challenged in the Supreme Court. After this assurance from the Bengal government, the Supreme Court included the petitions filed against the setting up of the inquiry committee in the rest of the petitions in the Pegasus case. A hearing on these has now been scheduled for next week.
The West Bengal Government has appointed former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur and former Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya as members of the commission of inquiry. The formation of this committee was announced by the state government last month.
The committee was set up to investigate international media reports that more than 300 verified phone numbers from India were included in a list that were potentially kept for surveillance using Pegasus spyware. There were also discussions of getting the names of many leaders, journalists and social workers in these.
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