Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 15

Judgments rendered in constitutional actions. Their binding authority is absolute. Their effect extends to all, and all judicial bodies are bound by them, whether they conclude that the legislative provision is unconstitutional or that it is constitutional and dismiss the action on that basis. Article 1 of Law 14 of 1973, and 19 of the Decree on the Rules of the Constitutional Court. - Constitutional action. By its nature, an objective action in which the proceedings are directed against the legislative provision challenged for a constitutional defect. - Judicial review of the constitutionality of laws. Within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court. Its scope extends to a ruling that the provision is unconstitutional, thereby nullifying its enforceability, or that it is constitutional and consequently free from defects and grounds of invalidity. - The Constitutional Court’s previous ruling rejecting the plea of unconstitutionality of Law No. 41 of 1993 concerning - 9 - Law the State’s Purchase of Certain Debts and the Manner of Their Collection. Its binding authority is absolute and conclusively settled the dispute concerning the constitutionality of this law, precluding the dispute from being raised anew.