Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 881

The Administrative Disputes Circuit of the Court of First Instance. Matters within its jurisdiction. Its jurisdiction is subject-matter jurisdiction. A plea concerning it relates to public order. - Disputes over military personnel’s salaries fall outside the jurisdiction of the administrative judiciary. They fall within the general jurisdiction of the ordinary courts. The reason for this. - A court ruling that it lacks subject-matter jurisdiction requires it to order referral of the action, in its current state, to the competent court. An example of a judgment that contravened this.