The disciplinary panel of the Supreme Judicial Council will listen on Thursday to the testimony of counselor Mohamed Abdel Razek, the head of the committee defending judges and counselor Rwad Hama over the complaint against 56 judges calling firing them after being indicted for supporting a political group; namely the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood.
The judges in question are accused of signing a statement in support of the terrorist group on July 24, 2013 that was read out inside the sit-in camp in Rabaa square.
Investigating judge counselor Mohamed Sheren had earlier issued a decision referring these judges to the disciplinary court and called for firing them from their judicial posts after a probe found them guilty of supporting the terrorist group.
Investigation also revealed that they violated the Judicial Authority Law banning any judge to practice politics given the fact that practicing politics contradicts the neutrality that a judge should be characterized with.