Cairo, Jan. 16 (Aswat Masriya) - A Cairo Criminal Court postponed on Saturday former president Mohamed Mursi’s trial along with 24 more defendants, who are imprisoned on charges of “insulting the judiciary.”

The trial is due to take place on Feb. 18, which also marks the fifth anniversary of the ouster of president Hosni Mubarak.The court stated that the trial is pending testimonies from the Judge’s Club, along with other evidence in the case.

Mursi and the 24 other defendants were referred to criminal court in January 2014 after being accused of expressing their opinion in a manner which insulted the judiciary and its men. The defendants are implicated in separate incidents which involve the same charge.

The defendants, which include journalists, lawyers, activists, and others who are members of the now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, are to remain imprisoned.

Former Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mahdy Akef, chairman of the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party Saad al-Katatni and Brotherhood leading figure Mohamed El-Beltagy are co-defendants along with others who opposed Mursi's rule such as former parliamentarians Mostafa El Naggar and Amr Hamzawy, and political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah.

The investigative committee accused the defendants of insulting and judiciary by way of publication, during interviews on television shows, and in online social media. It also accused the defendants of using hateful and contemptful phrases against judicial authorities.

Egypt's former president, ousted since July 2013 faces an array of charges in several other cases including inciting the killing of protesters outside the presidential palace during his tenure in December 2012, escaping prison during the January 25 uprising in 2011, as well as two separate espionage cases.