Pegasus before the security cart
The Supreme Court’s recent record on civil liberties has not been inspiring, especially where the cryptic phrase ‘national security’ is uttered. Hence, courts must allow considerable deference rather than coerce the government into sharing details that may compromise national security. The Supreme Court observed that there is a broad consensus between the government and the aggrieved petitioners that unauthorised surveillance/accessing of stored data from the devices of citizens for reasons other than nation’s security would be illegal, objectionable and a matter of concern. To the surprise of no one, in the face of evidence of snooping produced by the writ petitioners themselves, the government resorted to ritualistic incantation of ‘national security’ to avoid providing answers in affidavit.
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