Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 463

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

English translation of the principle

The time limit for challenging administrative decisions by seeking their annulment is sixty days, with an administrative grievance before bringing the annulment action and the expiry of the prescribed period for deciding it. The passage of that period without a response. Its effect: the action is to be brought within the sixty days following the expiry of the period whose lapse without an answer from the authority competent to consider the grievance constitutes an implied rejection.
Arabic original
ميعاد الطعن بإلغاء القرارات الإدارية ستون يوماً بالتظلم الإداري قبل رفع دعوى الإلغاء وفوات الميعاد المقرر للبت فيه. مضى تلك المدة دون رد. أثره رفع الدعوى خلال الستين يوماً التالية لانقضاء الفترة التي يعتبر فواتها دون إجابة السلطة المختصة بنظر التظلم بمثابة رفض ضمني.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٩/١٩٩٦ تجاري جلسة ٢٨/١٠/١٩٩٦ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثالث ص٤٦٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Administrative Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 121. PDF pages: 118.

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