The Supreme Court of India said today that the allegations of Pegasus spyware which is being used to target opposition leaders, journalists, and others are “serious if newspaper reports are correct”. The Court made this statement while hearing a batch of petitions seeking a special probe into the scandal.

A two-member bench, headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana, asked all petitioners to serve a copy of their petitions to the government. Justice Surya Kant is the second judge on the bench. The court said that it will take up the please again on Tuesday as the centre has to present at the hearing. “Truth has to come out. We don’t know whose names are there,” it said.

In its petition filed two days ago, the Editors’ Guild of India, requested the Supreme Court to seek details from the Centre on the spyware contract and a list of those targeted.