Supreme Constitutional Court
Court to issue verdict on law barring Ahmed Shafiq Thursday
Egypt
May 9, 2012
Court to issue verdict on law barring Ahmed Shafiq Thursday
The Supreme Administrative Court will consider on Thursday an appeal by the Presidential Elections Commission against a ruling issued on…
Update: Constitutional court commissioners to issue report on Parliament’s constitutionality in a month
Egypt
May 6, 2012
Update: Constitutional court commissioners to issue report on Parliament’s constitutionality in a month
Hatem Bagato, head commissioner of the Supreme Constitutional Court, has delayed submitting to a respected legal body a report on…
Source: Court entitled to review amendment to political rights law
Egypt
April 26, 2012
Source: Court entitled to review amendment to political rights law
The Supreme Constitutional Court is entitled to review a Parliament-approved bill barring former regime figures from running in the presidential…
MP calls Shafiq reinstatement a ‘threefold scandal’
Egypt
April 26, 2012
MP calls Shafiq reinstatement a ‘threefold scandal’
The Presidential Elections Commission’s decision to reinstate former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq into the presidential race is “shameful,” according to…
Court rejects reviewing draft law on exercise of political rights
Egypt
April 22, 2012
Court rejects reviewing draft law on exercise of political rights
The Supreme Constitutional Court decided Saturday it will not review a request by the ruling military council to review a…
Amendments to political rights law do not apply to Moussa, former judge says
Egypt
April 19, 2012
Amendments to political rights law do not apply to Moussa, former judge says
Former Vice President of the Court of Cassation Ahmed Mekky said the amendment to the political rights law that aims…
Political rights amendments referred to constitutional court
Egypt
April 19, 2012
Political rights amendments referred to constitutional court
The ruling military council has referred legislative amendments to the political rights law to the Supreme Constitutional Court to determine…
Constitutional court commissioners haven’t finished report on Parliament’s constitutionality
Egypt
April 18, 2012
Constitutional court commissioners haven’t finished report on Parliament’s constitutionality
Hatem Bagato, head commissioner of the Supreme Constitutional Court, has told Al-Masry Al-Youm that the Commissioners Department in the court…
Supreme Constitutional Court official denies bias toward SCAF
Egypt
March 28, 2012
Supreme Constitutional Court official denies bias toward SCAF
The Supreme Constitutional Court vice president dismissed on Tuesday accusations by political groups that the court shelved challenges against the…
Will new amendment lead to an independent constitutional court?
Egypt
February 26, 2012
Will new amendment lead to an independent constitutional court?
Among the laws that the legislative committee of the People’s Assembly is currently revising is a June decree regarding how…