On December 17, a bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of India N V Ramana, and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli, stayed the proceedings of the two-member Commission of Inquiry headed by retired Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur, including former Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya, which was constituted by the West Bengal government to probe allegations that Israeli spyware Pegasus had been used to illegally infiltrate the mobile phones of politicians, journalists and activists.
The apex court bench’s decision was based on a petition filed by a Delhi-based “think-tank” named Global Village Foundation Public Charitable Trust. The petitioner was represented by senior advocates Harish Salve (former Solicitor General of India) and Mahesh Jethmalani.
— source newsclick.in | Ravi Nair, Abir Dasgupta | 31 Jan 2022