Indian supreme court orders inquiry into state’s use of Pegasus spyware

Judges criticise Modi government’s refusal to divulge what software was used for and why

India’s supreme court has ordered an inquiry by an independent committee into the question of whether the government used Pegasus surveillance software for illegal spying.

For the domestic opposition, civil rights activists and the journalists who have been demanding such an inquiry in the face of stonewalling by the government, Wednesday’s ruling came as a victory.

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