Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court on Tuesday froze President Mohammad Mursi’s decree reinstating the parliament

Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court on Tuesday froze President Mohammad Mursi’s decree reinstating the parliament, a judicial source said.

On Sunday, Mursi ordered the lower house to reconvene. His move highlighted the power struggle between the president and the Supreme Constitutional Court which last month said certain articles in the law governing the parliament elections were invalid, annulling the lower house.

The judicial source added: "The court ordered that its previous ruling [invalidating the elections and annulling the lower house] be implemented."

The latest announcement came hours only after the dissolved parliament convened on Tuesday in defiance of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and the judiciary.

"We are gathered today to review the court rulings, the ruling of the Supreme Constitutional Court," which ordered the house invalid, Speaker Saad al-Katatni said.

"I want to stress, we are not contradicting the ruling, but looking at a mechanism for the implementation of the ruling of the respected court. There is no other agenda today," he added.