India, April 16 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday has fixed May 14 to hear a batch of petitions challenging the appointment of the chief election commissioner (CEC) and election commissioners (EC) under the 2023 law.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta and Ujjal Bhuyan fixed the date after advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for petitioner NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), urged the bench to consider urgent hearing in the matter.

Bhushan, appearing for a petitioner NGO challenging the appointment process, said the issue was covered by the Constitution bench verdict of 2023. Justice Kant told Bhushan that the court will take up the matter on May 14.

The court was hearing a batch of petitions filed by ADR, Congres...