Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1320

State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part One · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The jurisdiction of the Labour Circuit at the Court of First Instance. Its nature. A claim for the invalidation of the extraordinary general assembly meeting of the Trade Union of Employees of the Ministry of Electricity and Water, the invalidation of the resolutions issued by it, and their treatment as if they had never existed, pursuant to the provisions of the union's articles of association. It is not a labour dispute. The implication of this: the Labour Circuit lacks jurisdiction to hear it. The judgment's adherence to this view. An implicit ruling that the court has jurisdiction to hear the action. The challenge to this. Unfounded.
Arabic original
اختصاص الدائرة العمالية بالمحكمة الكلية. ماهيته. طلب بطلان اجتماع الجمعية العمومية غير العادية لنقابة العاملين بوزارة الكهرباء والماء وبطلان القرارات الصادرة عنها واعتبارها كأن لم تكن وفقاً لأحكام لائحة النظام الأساسي للنقابة. ليست منازعة عمالية. مؤدى ذلك: عدم اختصاص الدائرة العمالية بنظرها. التزام الحكم هذا النظر. قضاء ضمني باختصاص المحكمة بنظر الدعوى. النعي على ذلك. على غير أساس.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعون ٤٨٠، ٤٨٤، ٤٩٧/٢٠٠٥ مدني جلسة ١١/١٠/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس المجلد العاشر ص ٥٥٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 626. PDF pages: 620.

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