The Supreme Administrative Court on Tuesday postponed review of a case calling for the release of former President Hosni Mubarak on health grounds to 18 December, according to state television.
Lawyers Youssry Abdel Razeq and Mohamed Abdel Razeq asked the court to issue a preliminary ruling to dispatch a medical panel to examine Mubarak and prepare a report on his condition.
In their lawsuit, they said Mubarak should be released in conformance with Law 396/1956 which states that a convict whom the prison doctor believes has a disease that might endanger his life or disable him completely should be examined by the head of the prison's medical department and the medical examiner to assess if imprisonment should end.
Mubarak is serving a life sentence in Tora Prison for failing to stop the deaths of protesters during the 25 January revolution.
