Serial PIL litigant Advocate ML Sharma has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored probe by a special investigation team into the report of alleged snooping by government agencies using Israeli spyware Pegasus over journalists, activities, politicians, etc.
Sharma is known for rushing to the Supreme Court with IPLs in sensational matters such as Rafel deal, Article 370, Hyderabad police encounter, etc. In 2018, the Supreme Court had imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on him for filing a frivolous PIL against the then Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
In 2019, the Supreme Court had pulled up Sharma for filing a shoddily drafted petition challenging the revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.
Recently, he had filed a petition challenging the three controversial firm laws. Also, in April he filed another PIL seeking a fresh probe into the Rafale deal in the light reports about the French investigation against Dassault.
Sharma’s present PIL on the Pegasus issue lists the prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and the Central Bureau of Investigation as the respondents.
#NewsAlert | Plea has been submitted in #SupremeCourt seeking probe into alleged #Pegasus 'snooping' case by lawyer ML Sharma.
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