Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1720

State of Kuwait · Administrative Law · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Birth certificates and civil identity cards were not originally intended to establish nationality. The administrative authority is not obliged to grant an application for their issuance where the conditions for its acceptance are not fulfilled. - Failure to establish the Kuwaiti nationality of the two appellants. Its effect: a ruling rejecting the application for issuance of passports, birth certificates, and civil identity cards for them and their children. - 495 - Administrative Passports
Arabic original
شهادات الميلاد والبطاقات المدنية لم تعد أصلاً لإثبات الجنسية. عدم التزام الجهة الإدارية بإجابة طلب استخراجها عند عدم استيفاء شرائط قبولها. - عدم ثبوت الجنسية الكويتية للطاعنّين. أثره: القضاء برفض طلب استخراج جوازات سفر وشهادات ميلاد وبطاقات مدنية لهما ولأبنائهما. - ٤٩٥ - الإداري جوازات السفر
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٦٨٧، ٧٠٢/٢٠٠٥ إداري جلسة ٣٠/١٠/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٥ ج٣ ص١٢٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Administrative Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 495. PDF pages: 492.

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