India, Aug. 20 -- A new three-judge bench of the Supreme Court will hear the review petitions challenging its July 2022 judgment in the Vijay Madanlal Choudhary case, which 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 review petitions before the new bench was taken on Thursday after the parties consented to the change in bench composition.

The matter was earlier listed before a bench comprising CJI Kant and justices Ujjal Bhuyan and N Kotiswar Singh. However, the CJI told the parties that listing the matter ...