Egypt's government has appealed a ruling made by the Administrative Court suspending the elections for parliament's lower house that President Mohamed Morsi called for in February. Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) has scheduled a hearing for the appeal on 17 March. The hearing will combine the government's appeal, submitted through Egyptian State Lawsuit Authority, with another already submitted by ex-MP Mohamed El-Omda. In addition to the elections' suspension, the ruling by the Administrative Court required the Shura Council – Egypt's upper house of parliament currently in charge of legislation – to refer the electoral law back to the High Constitutional Court (HCC), a step the Shura Council has ignored.
