Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3718

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 10 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Conditions for expropriation of private property. - The administration’s appropriation of real property for public use without taking the procedures required by law. Usurpation requiring compensation. Article 11 of Law 6/1961 (before its repeal).
Arabic original
شروط نزع الملكية الخاصة. - قيام الإدارة بإضافة عقار إلى المنفعة العامة دون أن تتخذ الإجراءات التي يوجبها القانون. غصب يستوجب التعويض. م ١١ ق ٦/١٩٦١ (قبل إلغائه).
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ١١٥، ١٢٠/١٩٩٥ مدني جلسة ٢٢/٢/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد السادس ص ٤٦٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 685. PDF pages: 685.

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