Pegasus: Plea in Supreme Court seeks action against govt officials involved in India-Israel deal

A petition seeking action against the officials involved in India-Israel defence deal has been filed in Supreme Court.

In this petition, the petitioner sought action against the officials involved in this deal including the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Citing 2017 report, the petitioner also sought direction for recovery of the payment made in India-Israel defence Israel.

Apart from this, the petition has also sought a direction to investigate the matter and demand action, through the SIT set up by the Supreme Court to investigate the Pegasus case.

The petition has sought investigation and action under sections 65, 66 and 72 of the IT Act, 3 of the Official Secrets Act and sections 408, 409 and 120-b of the IPC.

In fact, Supreme Court lawyer ML Sharma, citing a New York Times report in the Supreme Court, said that the New York Times investigation report revealed that in 2017 there was a defense deal between India and Israel in which weapons and intelligence are similar to Israel. For which, India paid 2 billion dollars to Israel i.e. 200 million dollars.

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