New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of a batch of petitions challenging validity of the law pertaining to the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs), which dropped the Chief Justice of India (CJI) from selection panel for the ECs.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh adjourned the matter and did not give any date for further hearing.

The matter was listed for hearing but could not be taken up as court was hearing other cases.

In 2024, the apex court had declined to put on hold the two Election Commissioners' appointment under the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023.

It had dismissed all the applications s...