New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram On Thursday he said he was upset by the statement in Supreme court order on Pegasus There is a case of espionage that many people “politely declined” to be members of the investigative committee, and that the “episode” showed how far the country had traveled. Mahatma Gandhi That Indians should not be afraid of their rulers.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday constituted a three-member independent expert panel to probe the alleged use of Israeli spyware Pegasus for targeted surveillance in India, noting that the state does not get a “free pass” every time it raises a spire of national security. And that mere invocation of it cannot make the judiciary a “silent spectator” and it cannot frighten it.
Chidambaram tweeted, “I am disturbed by the statement made in the Supreme Court order that requests to be a member of a committee to investigate the Pegasus dispute were ‘politely refused’ by many.”
Can a conscientious citizen reject the request of the Supreme Court in a matter of supreme national interest, the former Union minister asked.
“This episode shows how far we have gone from Mahatma Gandhi’s teaching that Indians should not be afraid of their rulers,” Chidambaram said.
In a significant decision on the issue of protecting the right to privacy of citizens, which was welcomed by legal experts, a bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana It emphasized that in a democratic country governed by the rule of law, indiscriminate espionage on persons cannot be permitted under the Constitution, apart from adequate statutory safeguards by following the procedure established by law.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday constituted a three-member independent expert panel to probe the alleged use of Israeli spyware Pegasus for targeted surveillance in India, noting that the state does not get a “free pass” every time it raises a spire of national security. And that mere invocation of it cannot make the judiciary a “silent spectator” and it cannot frighten it.
Chidambaram tweeted, “I am disturbed by the statement made in the Supreme Court order that requests to be a member of a committee to investigate the Pegasus dispute were ‘politely refused’ by many.”
Can a conscientious citizen reject the request of the Supreme Court in a matter of supreme national interest, the former Union minister asked.
“This episode shows how far we have gone from Mahatma Gandhi’s teaching that Indians should not be afraid of their rulers,” Chidambaram said.
In a significant decision on the issue of protecting the right to privacy of citizens, which was welcomed by legal experts, a bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana It emphasized that in a democratic country governed by the rule of law, indiscriminate espionage on persons cannot be permitted under the Constitution, apart from adequate statutory safeguards by following the procedure established by law.
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