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The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in a petition filed by People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) challenging provisions of the Telegraph Act and Rules and the Information Technology Act and Rules, which enabled the Central government’s introduction of its December 2018 circular legitimizing electronic surveillance by ten government agencies.