Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 857

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

English translation of the principle

Decisions transferring and seconding employees. Outside the jurisdiction of the Administrative Disputes Chamber. The condition for that is that their purpose be to achieve the public interest. Absence of this purpose and proof of an intention to spite the employee and retaliate against him. Its effect. Jurisdiction is established for the aforementioned Chamber. - Determining whether the decision transferring the employee includes a penalty by which the administrative authority intended to spite him or retaliate against him, or whether its action pursues the public interest. Within the authority of the court of merits.
Arabic original
قرارات نقل الموظفين وندبهم. خروجها عن اختصاص دائرة المنازعات الإدارية. شرط ذلك أن يكون القصد منها تحقيق المصلحة العامة. تخلف هذا القصد وثبوت قصد الكيد للموظف والانتقام منه. أثره. ثبوت الاختصاص للدائرة المذكورة. - استخلاص ما إذا كان قرار نقل الموظف يتضمن جزاء قصدت به جهة الإدارة الكيد له أو الانتقام منه أم أن تصرفها يستهدف المصلحة العامة. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٠/١٩٩٤ تجاري جلسة ١٥/٥/١٩٩٤ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الأول ص ٤١١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 524. PDF pages: 518.

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