Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 16

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

English translation of the principle

Judgments issued by courts that a challenge to the constitutionality of laws, decree-laws and regulations is not serious: jurisdiction to adjudicate appeals brought against them belongs to the Appeals Examination Committee at the Constitutional Court, to the exclusion of all other judicial bodies.
Arabic original
الأحكام الصادرة من المحاكم بعدم جدية المنازعة في دستورية القوانين والمراسيم بقوانين واللوائح الاختصاص بالفصل في الطعون المقامة عنها للجنة فحص الطعون بالمحكمة الدستورية دون غيرها من جهات القضاء.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٦٩، ٧٣/١٩٨٩ تجاري جلسة ٢١/٥/١٩٨٩ مج القسم الثاني المجلد الثالث ص ٤١١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 340. PDF pages: 334.

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