In a major development, the CJI NV Ramanna-led Supreme Court bench will pronounce its judgement on Wednesday on pleas seeking a judicial probe into the alleged Pegasus snooping by Centre.
The matter has been listed for 10:30 AM before the SC bench of CJI NV Ramana, Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli. The court is hearing as many as 12 pleas, including the one filed by the Editors Guild of India, seeking an independent probe into the matter.
It is likely that that the Supreme Court will set up a Technical Expert Committee to probe the matter, as it had indicated on 23 September.
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The chief justice had said this orally to senior advocate Chander Uday Singh, who is appearing in one of the Pegasus petitions. The CJI had said that the SC wanted to pass orders that week, but there was a delay as some members it had in mind for the committee expressed their inability to join owing to personal difficulties.
The SC will finalise the members of the committee soon, CJI Ramana had added.
(With inputs from agencies)
