Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 182

Acts of sovereignty that courts are prohibited from hearing. The legislature's failure to define or specify them. Its implication is that courts may determine the legal characterization of an act issued by 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 of War and Missing Persons Affairs concerning the payment of financial assistance to their families. Administrative decisions of a social nature issued by the Government within the scope of its - 56 - Administrative 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 courts lack jurisdiction to hear actions relating to these decisions on the assertion that they concern acts of sovereignty. No defect.