Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 631

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

English translation of the principle

The Administrative Circuit’s jurisdiction to hear disputes arising between the administrative authority and the other contracting party in administrative contracts generally. It has full jurisdiction. - The employment contract: an administrative contract under which the employee undertakes, under the administrative authority’s supervision, the responsibilities and duties of his post in return for obtaining a number of rights, and occupies a contractual and regulatory position. Review by the administrative judiciary extends to this contract by way of annulment and compensation. The challenged judgment’s departure from this view and its ruling that the court lacks jurisdiction to hear the action. A contravention of law requiring its cassation.
Arabic original
اختصاص الدائرة الإدارية بنظر المنازعات الناشئة بين الجهة الإدارية والمتعاقد الآخر في عموم العقود الإدارية. لها ولاية القضاء الكامل. - عقد التوظف: عقد إداري يتولي بمقتضاه الموظف تحت إشراف جهة الإدارة القيام بمسئوليات وأعباء وظيفته مقابل الحصول على عدد من الحقوق ويكون في مركز تعاقدي ولائحي وتنبسط على هذا العقد رقابة القضاء الإداري إلغاءً وتعويضاً. مخالفة الحكم المطعون فيه هذا النظر وقضاؤه بعدم اختصاص المحكمة ولائياً بنظر الدعوى. مخالفة للقانون توجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٦٥/٢٠٠٧ إداري جلسة ٩/٢/٢٠١٠ مجلة القضاء والقانون س ٣٨ ج١ ص ١٣٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Administrative Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 168. PDF pages: 165.

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