Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 586

Recourse to the statutory provision applicable to the facts of the case, within the bounds of the provision’s clear wording. Mandatory for the judge. Impermissibility of adopting anything contrary to it or restricting it. The reason therefor. - Determining the meaning of the salary on the basis of which the end-of-service gratuity for volunteers in the police force is calculated. Its criterion. - The provision in Law 23 of 1968 concerning the Police Force System stipulating the applicability of the provisions of the Law and Retirement Pensions and Gratuities for military personnel subject to this Law who are Kuwaitis, to the exclusion of others, when settling their retirement entitlements after the termination of their service. Its implication. Its inapplicability to non-Kuwaitis. Impermissibility of invoking the decision of the Gulf Cooperation Council States concerning equality. The reason therefor. A judgment’s contravention thereof requires its cassation. - 466 - Civil Procedure 15- In tax matters:-