The Supreme Court's Pager Hack Judgment: What Pegasus, Hacking, and the Right to Privacy Mean for Every Indian

In a landmark ruling that has gone largely undiscussed outside specialist circles, the Supreme Court's recent observations on state-sponsored surveillance — building on the K.S. Puttaswamy privacy framework — have created a quietly explosive doctrinal development. This commentary unpacks what the Court actually said, what it left unsaid, and why the reasoning has profound implications for civil liberties, the intelligence apparatus, and the future of encryption regulation in India.