Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1736

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

English translation of the principle

Acquisition of Kuwaiti nationality by a non-Kuwaiti employee appointed under one of the contracts in use. Its effect: his transfer to the Kuwaiti category and adjustment of his employment status, either by transfer at the same employment grade he held under the contract or to the employment grade to which he is entitled under the appointment rules of the cadre to which he is transferred, whichever is better, effective from the date of his acquisition of Kuwaiti nationality. The implication thereof.
Arabic original
حصول الموظف غير الكويتي المعين بعقد من العقود المعمول بها على الجنسية الكويتية. أثره: نقله إلى فئة كويتي وتعديل وضعه الوظيفي إما بالنقل بذات الدرجة الوظيفية التي كان عليها في العقد أو إلى الدرجة الوظيفية المستحقة له وفقاً لقواعد التعيين في الكادر المنقول إليه أيهما أفضل وذلك اعتباراً من تاريخ حصوله على الجنسية الكويتية. مؤدي ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦١/٢٠٠٦ إداري جلسة ١٥/٥/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٥ ج٢ ص١٥٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Administrative Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 500. PDF pages: 497.

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