Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1255

The jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court. Its relation to determining the constitutionality of laws and regulations where the basis of the challenge is violation of an existing constitutional provision or departure from the spirit and import of that provision. Its jurisdiction does not extend to determining the legality of regulations and whether they conflict with an existing legislative provision. The reason therefor. - A challenge seeking annulment of general regulatory decisions does not raise a constitutional issue so long as the basis of the challenge concerns one of the defects of illegality affecting an administrative decision. - The Minister of Interior may issue the regulations concerning the internal system of the General Department of Investigations on the basis of - 613 - Civil Procedure a submission by its Director, and the regulations may include the equivalence of the grades of police officers holding degrees in law or in law and Sharia with the corresponding job grades. The criteria therefor. An example of annulment of an administrative decision without addressing any constitutional issues.