Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1261

The right of access to the courts. Guaranteed by the Constitution to all people, so that it is not withheld from some of them, nor are they prevented from enjoying its full dimensions. The legislature may regulate the exercise of this right. - The Ministry of Social Affairs. Its powers in relation to workers’ and employers’ unions. Their nature. - 368 - Administrative Supervision of elections conducted by the unions’ general assemblies for members of their boards of directors. Its inclusion within these powers. The absence from the provisions of Law 38 of 1964 of anything requiring a grievance to be lodged with it or with the general assembly against the results of those elections as a procedure preceding an action brought before the courts. Its effect. No restriction on those actions. The judgment’s contravention of this and its stipulation that a grievance must be lodged. A violation of law requiring its cassation.