Official Gazette, Issue 24 App. (a) on 14 June 2012
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In the Name of the People
The Supreme Constitutional Court
In the opening session convened Thursday, the 14th of June 2012 AD, the TwentyFourth of Rajab 1433 H
Presided by the Honorable Counselor Farouk Ahmed Sultan…………..Chairman
Composed of the Honorable Counselors Maher Al-Beheiry, Dr. Hanafi Ali Gabali,
Mohamed Abdel Aziz al-Shenawi, Maher Sami Youssef, Mohamed Khater Khairy
Taha, Dr. Adel Omar Sherif……………………………………..... Deputy Chairman
Attended by Dr. Abdel Aziz Salman… Chairman of the Commissioner's Authority
And Mr. Nasser Imam Mohamed………………………………….. Court Secretary
The Court has issued the following ruling:
In the Constitutional Case registered under No. 20/Judicial year 34 of the Supreme
Constitutional Court
Filed by:
Anwar Subh Darwish Mustafa
Against:
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The Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
The Prime Minister
The Minister of Justice
The Chairman of the Higher Judiciary Election Committee (HJEC)
The Minister of Interior
The Governor of Qalyubia
Proceedings
On 21st February 2012, After the court server has received the Supreme Constitutional
Court Appeal File No. 6414/58, the Appeals Division of the Supreme Administrative
Court, in the hearing convened on 20/2/2012, has ruled that the case shall be referred
to the Supreme Constitutional Court in order to decide on the constitutionality of
Article 3, Paragraph 1 of the People's Assembly Law No. 38/1972, replaced by
Decree-law (Law-promulgating Act) No. 120/2011, and Article 6, Paragraph 1 of the
said law, replaced by Decree-law No. 108/2011, and Article 9 bis of the
aforementioned law, supplemented by Decree-law No. 108/2011, the State Lawsuit
Authority submitted a brief in which its primary request was to call for a ruling that
the Court lacks jurisdiction to hear the case, and its alternative request was that the
Court would reject the case, and as a secondary alternative request, that the case be
dismissed.
Following the preparation of the case, the Commissioner's Authority filed a report
providing its opinion.