Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 858

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

English translation of the principle

Jurisdiction of the Administrative Chamber of the Court of First Instance. Its scope. Disputes concerning administrative decisions, individual or regulatory. The criterion in those disputes. Its implication. - The Constitutional Court’s jurisdiction being confined to deciding the constitutionality of laws and regulations. Its jurisdiction does not extend to cases of unlawfulness. It does not have jurisdiction over cases of conflict between laws and regulations except through a challenge on grounds of unconstitutionality.
Arabic original
اختصاص الدائرة الإدارية بالمحكمة الكلية. نطاقه. المنازعات المتعلقة بالقرارات الإدارية فردية أو لائحية. المناط في تلك المنازعات. مؤداه. - اقتصار اختصاص المحكمة الدستورية على الفصل في دستورية القوانين و اللوائح. عدم امتداد اختصاصها إلى حالات عدم المشروعية. عدم انعقاده لحالات التعارض بين القوانين واللوائح إلا من خلال الطعن بعدم الدستورية.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٤/١٩٩٤ تجاري جلسة ١٥/١١/١٩٩٤ 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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