Egypt court rules against parliament recall

Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court has frozen the decree issued by President Mohamed Morsi reinstating the Islamist-led parliament.

"The court ruled to halt the president's decision to recall the parliament," Judge Maher el-Beheiry said in court on Tuesday.

Morsi, a former member of the powerful Muslim Brotherhood, ordered on Sunday for the lower house to reconvene, just eight days after taking office.

Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh reports from Cairo.