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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 29) made the oral observation that there is nothing inherently wrong with a country possessing spyware for security purposes; the real concern lies in against whom it is used.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N. Kotiswar Singh made the observations while hearing a batch of writ petitions that were filed in 2021 seeking an independent probe into allegations of targeted surveillance of journalists, activists and politicians by using the Israeli spyware Pegasus.

“The basic issue is whether they have this spyware or whether they purchased it or not. If they have it, there is nothing to prevent them from using it continuously even today. So even if it comes to the fore that my clients were not hacked…,” said advocate Dinesh Dwivedi, who was representing some of the petitioners, reported LiveLaw.

Justice Kant interjected at this point of time and asked Dwivedi what is wrong with the country using a spyware such as Pegasus.

“What is........

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