NEW DELHI, AUG 16 (PTI): The Centre on Monday asserted it had \u201cnothing to hide\u201d in the Pegasus snooping allegations and that a panel of experts will be set up to examine all issues raised even as the Supreme Court said the \u201creluctant\u201d government cannot be compelled to file a detailed affidavit on pleas asking whether the spyware was used to snoop on certain citizens.
A bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana would on Tuesday deliberate on whether the Centre should file a detailed affidavit in the matter, after the short one on Monday in which it also submitted that the allegations were \u201cbased on conjectures and surmises or on other unsubstantiated media reports or incomplete or uncorroborated material\u201d.
The batch of pleas also sought to know from the Centre if it took steps to probe the snooping allegations and wanted an independent probe into the alleged surveillance of certain eminent people in India through the use of the Israeli spyware.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, submitted during the hearing on the pleas that the matter, if gone into on the basis of unsubstantiated reports, may have \u201cnational security implications\u201d and it cannot be handled by asking \u201cfurnish an affidavit etc\u201d.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in a two-page affidavit told the bench that \u201cto dispel any wrong narrative spread by certain vested interests\u201d and with an object of examining the issues raised, the Centre will constitute a Committee of Experts in the field which will go into all aspects of the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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