Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4548

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 11 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Expropriation. The basis on which the Municipality undertook it before promulgation of the Constitution. The State's delay in implementing the public-benefit project on expropriated land does not cause the consumed real estate to lose its status as public property.
Arabic original
نزع الملكية أساس مباشرة البلدية له قبل صدور الدستور. تراخي الدولة في تنفيذ مشروع النفع العام على أرض منزوع ملكيتها لا يؤدي إلى زوال صفة المال العام عن العقار المستهلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٧٨/٨١ تجاري جلسة ٢/١٢/١٩٨١ مج القسم الأول - المجلد الثاني ص ٦٨٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 897.

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