Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4581

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

English translation of the principle

The administration’s seizure of real property to achieve public benefit without taking expropriation procedures. Its effect. It is deemed usurpation giving rise to its liability for compensation. - Owners opening roads on their private lands with the intention of improving them. When compensation is due for them upon their expropriation. Construction Council resolution. This does not conflict with the Constitution or the Law on Expropriation for Public Benefit.
Arabic original
استيلاء الإدارة على العقار لتحقيق المنفعة العامة دون اتخاذ إجراءات نزع الملكية. أثره. اعتباره غصباً يرتب مسؤوليتها عن التعويض. - فتح الملاك طرقاً في أراضيهم الخاصة بقصد تحسينها. متى يستحق تعويض عنها عند استملاكها. قرار مجلس الإنشاء. عدم تعارض ذلك مع الدستور أو مع قانون نزع الملكية للمنفعة العامة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٢٠١، ٢٠٥/٩٢ تجاري جلسة ١١/٤/١٩٩٣ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الأول ص ٥٤٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 902.

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