The Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) convened its general assembly for the first time on Thursday 27/12/2012 following the removal of seven judges as mandated by the recently approved constitution.
Article no. 233 of the new Constitution, which was officially approved on Tuesday 25/12/2012, stipulates that the 10 longest-serving judges among its members make up the court, in addition to the current president.
Previously the court's bench was comprised of 18 judges, some of whom are being reassigned to their previous positions.
Six members have returned to their previous jobs for other courts: Hamdan Fahmy, Ragab Selim, Mahmoud Ghoneim and Hatem Bagato as commissioners for the Supreme Constitutional Court, Hassan Badrawy to the Court of the Cassation and Polas Fahmy to the Cairo Court of Appeals. The seventh former judge, Tahani al-Gebali, who worked as a lawyer before her appointment to the court, resumed her legal practice.
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