Important matters listed before the SC on Thursday: *SC's five-judge constitution bench to hear arguments on a key question whether a judicial officer, who has already completed seven years in the bar prior to joining a bench, is entitled to become an additional district judge (ADJ) in view of a vacancy.

* SC to hear a batch of pleas of women officers in the Army challenging denial of permanent commission to them.

* SC to hear pleas seeking review of 2022 verdict upholding provisions of PMLA and ED’s power to arrest.

* SC to hear plea of former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in anti-Sikh riot cases.

* SC to hear plea of sister of slain gangster Atiq Ahmed seeking probe into the killing of her brother in police custody. PTI MNL MNL DV DV