Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 390

The jurisdiction of the Administrative Circuit of the Court of First Instance. Subject-matter jurisdiction. Its relation to public policy. - Determination of the subject-matter jurisdiction of each judicial body. The determining consideration is the claims advanced by the plaintiff in his action. - The National Committee for Prisoners of War Affairs. Its competence to secure the return of prisoners of war and detainees as soon as possible and to cooperate in that regard with the competent governmental bodies. Its decisions in this regard. Administrative decisions of a social character. Subject to judicial review. - A claim for a judgment including a name among the prisoners of war and missing persons in the lists of the National Committee for Prisoners of War Affairs and obtaining a DNA profile for comparison with the remains. Its connection with 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.