Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1348

Jurisdiction of the Administrative Circuit of the Court of First Instance. Subject-matter jurisdiction. Its relation to public order. - Determination of the subject-matter jurisdiction of each judicial body. The determining consideration is the relief sought by the plaintiff in his action. - The National Committee for Prisoners and Missing Persons Affairs. Its competence to secure the return of prisoners and detainees as soon as possible and to cooperate in this regard with the competent governmental authorities. Its decisions in this regard. Administrative decisions of a social nature. Their subjection to judicial review. - A request for a judgment including a name among the prisoners and missing persons in the lists of the National Committee for Prisoners Affairs and obtaining a DNA fingerprint for comparison with the remains. Its relation to an administrative decision that the administrative authority refrained from issuing. The Administrative Circuit has subject-matter jurisdiction to adjudicate it. A judgment that the court lacks jurisdiction to hear it on the ground that the Committee is competent to hear it. A violation of the law requiring its cassation.