The highest court in Egypt has overturned a decree by President Mohammed Mursi to recall parliament.
Mr Mursi had issued the decree recalling parliament in defiance of a military council ruling dissolving it.
Members of parliament gathered for a brief session earlier in the day before the ruling by the Supreme Constitutional Court was announced.
The BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo says many months of legal wrangling over what happens next could now follow.
The same court sparked the current impasse last month, when it said the parliamentary election was null and void because of flaws in the law setting it up.
The Muslim Brotherhood party - Mr Mursi's power base - has the biggest bloc of seats in the parliament, and the current political impasse is seen by analysts as being part of a power struggle between the military council and the party.
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