What Is Wrong If Country Is Using Spyware, SC Asks

New Delhi: There is nothing wrong with a country using spyware but against whom it is used will be looked into, the Supreme Court said Tuesday while hearing the Pegasus snooping case. An international media consortium had reported that over 300 verified Indian cellphone numbers were on the list of potential targets for surveillance using the Pegasus spyware.

A bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice N Kotiswar Singh said the report of the technical committee should not be made a document for discussion on the streets.

"Any report which touches the security and sovereignty of the country will not be touched. But individuals who want to know whether they are included, that can be informed. Yes, individual apprehension must be addressed but it cannot be made a document for discussion on the streets," the bench observed.