Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 18

Initiating proceedings before the Constitutional Court. How this is done. Challenging a judgment finding a dispute over the constitutionality of a law not serious. Exclusive jurisdiction of the Appeals Examination Committee at the Constitutional Court to adjudicate it. Articles 1, 4 of Law 14 of 1973, 7, 8 of the Regulations of the said Court. - The express or implied grounds of a judgment closely connected with its operative part. Acquire res judicata effect. - The first-instance judgment's conclusion that the plea of unconstitutionality of Article 4 of Law 18 of 1969 was not serious, on grounds closely connected with the operative part. The route prescribed by law for challenging it must be followed. The challenged judgment's ruling that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the challenge thereto. No defect.