Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4629

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

English translation of the principle

Owners opening roads on their private land with the intention of improving it. When compensation is due for them upon their acquisition by expropriation. Construction Council decision: this does not conflict with the Constitution or with the Law on Expropriation for Public Benefit. - Property that becomes public property merely by being allocated as such. Its nature. - Private individuals' property allocated to public use. What is required for it to become public property. An example concerning the municipality's use of a road as a thoroughfare.
Arabic original
فتح الملاك طرقاً في أراضيهم الخاصة بقصد تحسينها. متى يستحق تعويضاً عنها عند استملاكها قرار مجلس الإنشاء: عدم تعارض ذلك مع الدستور أو مع قانون نزع الملكية للمنفعة العامة. - الأموال التي تصبح أموالاً عامة بمجرد تخصيصها لذلك. ماهيتها. - أموال الأفراد التي تخصص للمنفعة العامة. ما يلزم لصيرورتها أموالاً عامة. مثال بشأن استطراق البلدية طريقاً.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٢٠١، ٢٠٥/٩٢ تجاري جلسة ١١/٤/١٩٩٣ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الأول ص ٥٣٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 914.

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