An Egyptian court set June 2 for issuing its final verdict on the constitutionality of the Shura Council, the country's temporary legislative authority, as well as the assembly that drafted the new constitution, official news agency MENA reported on Sunday.

The decision came after the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) reviewed a claim filed against the legality of the law that governed the elections of the Shura Council, the upper house of parliament.

Two thirds of the Islamist-dominated 270-member Shura Council were elected while the rest 90 members were directly appointed by Islamist-oriented President Mohamed Morsi in late December 2012.

In June 2012, a few days before Morsi was elected president, the SCC ruled dissolving the People's Assembly, the lower house of parliament, which traditional held the legislative power, on the grounds that it was not constitutional.