Snooping on citizens without sanction is illegal: Justice B N Srikrishna

Main architect of India's privacy bill says use of spyware like Pegasus can be legally challenged

Former Supreme Court Judge and the main architect of India’s privacy bill, Justice B N Srikrishna on Friday said that if the government uses spyware like Pegasus to snoop on its citizens without legal backing, then it is unconstitutional and such moves can be legally challenged. 

Srikrishna headed a committee to prepare Personal Data Protection Bill (PDP) which has been approved by the Cabinet and is slated to be tabled in the ongoing winter session of the Parliament. He said that assuming the draft bill comes out as it is, there are sections which begin by saying that "no data