Shashi Tharoor Speaks to The Wire on Snooping on Rahul Gandhi | Pegasus | NSO | Spyware Target https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYef9RwlgXs 20/7/2021 Under the IT act 2000. Sec 43 and Sec 66 prohibits the insertion of malware in any computer, phone and mobile devices punishable upto three years improsement and five lakhs fine. If govt also authorises any interception, it cannot be sustainable against people like journalists,except on the ground of national security.
Pegasus Used In Karnataka To Collapse Our Government, Says Congress | The News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-3MPnIfTWQ 20/7/2021 Phone numbers linked to the Janata Dal Secular-Congress government in Karnataka were possible targets for surveillance in 2019, at a time when the ruling coalition collapsed and the BS Yediyurappa-led BJP took power, the Wire has said in the latest revelations connected to Israeli spyware "Pegasus". The Wire report links the fall of the JDS-Congress government in July 2019 and the BJP's takeover to alleged snooping, though there is no evidence to establish whether phones were hacked.
Section 33: https://indiankanoon.org/doc/39800/
Sec 66: https://indiankanoon.org/doc/326206/