India, Aug. 21 -- A new three-judge bench of the Supreme Court will hear the review petitions challenging its July 2022 judgment in Vijay Madanlal Choudhary, the ruling that upheld the constitutional validity of several sweeping powers of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The bench will comprise Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana. The decision to place the petitions before this bench was taken on Thursday after both sides consented to the change in composition.

The matter was earlier listed before a bench comprising CJI Kant and justices Ujjal Bhuyan and N Kotiswar Singh, but the CJI told the parties that reassembling the original bench would re...