Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 859

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

English translation of the principle

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 this with the competent government authorities. Its decisions in this regard. Administrative decisions of a social nature. Their subjection to judicial review. - A request for a judgment to include a name among the prisoners of war and missing persons in the lists of the National Committee for Prisoners of War Affairs and to obtain a DNA profile for comparison with the remains. It concerns an administrative decision that the administrative authority refrained from issuing. The subject-matter jurisdiction of the Administrative Circuit to determine it. A judgment that the court lacks jurisdiction on the basis that the Committee is competent to hear it. A violation of the law requiring its cassation.
Arabic original
اللجنة الوطنية لشئون الأسرى. اختصاصها بتأمين عودة الأسرى والمحتجزين في أقرب وقت والتعاون في ذلك مع الجهات الحكومية المختصة. قراراتها في هذا الخصوص. قرارات إدارية ذات طابع اجتماعي. خضوعها لرقابة القضاء. - طلب الحكم بإدراج اسم ضمن الأسرى والمفقودين بكشوف اللجنة الوطنية لشئون الأسرى والحصول على البصمة الوراثية لمضاهاتها على الرفات. تعلقه بقرار إداري امتنعت الجهة الإدارية عن إصداره. اختصاص الدائرة الإدارية نوعياً بالفصل فيه. الحكم بعدم اختصاص المحكمة ولائياً تأسيساً على اختصاص اللجنة بنظره. مخالفة للقانون تُوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٩٥/٢٠٠٤ مدني جلسة ١٠/٤/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس المجلد العاشر ص١٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Administrative Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 260. PDF pages: 257.

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