Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 146

Acts of sovereignty which courts are prohibited from examining. The legislature's failure to define or specify them. Its implication. Courts may determine the legal characterization of an act emanating from the Government to establish whether or not it is an act of sovereignty. - The elements distinguishing acts of sovereignty from ordinary administrative acts. Their nature. - Decisions issued by the National Committee for Prisoners and Missing Persons Affairs concerning payment of financial assistance to their families. Administrative decisions of a social nature issued by the Government within the scope of its administrative function. The implication of this. They fall outside acts of sovereignty and are subject to judicial review. The judgment's rejection of the plea that the courts lack jurisdiction to hear actions concerning these decisions on the assertion that they concern acts of sovereignty. No defect. - 46 - Administrative