India, March 7 -- The Supreme Court on Friday said it will on April 22 hear a bunch of petitions related to the Pegasus snooping case. The matter relates to allegations that the Pegasus spyware was used to target Indian politicians, activists, journalists, and businesspersons. The case was last effectively heard in August 2022.

A bench of justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh deferred the hearing as it took up journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta's petition. It noted several petitions about the same matter were not listed with Thakurta's plea.

Solicitor general Tushar Mehta, representing the Union government, and senior counsel Kapil Sibal, appearing for Thakurta, agreed on the hearing of the matter on another day when all related petit...