The court said the amendment would be postponed until the next term of the Israeli parliament, saying it was “clearly personal in nature” and constituted a misuse of the Knesset’s Constituent authority, a statement from the court said.

The law’s proponents say it was meant to safeguard any democratically elected leader from a wrongful ouster.

But judges in favour of the delay said the amendment was passed in order to serve the needs of a particular individual.

Political watchdog groups and an opposition party challenged the March 23 amendment to a quasi-constitutional “Basic Law” that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s own attorney-general described as designed to preserve his tenure amid a long-running graft trial.

Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday struck down a highly disputed law passed by Netanyahu’s far-right government that rolled back some of the high court’s power and had sparked months of nationwide protests.