Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2052

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

English translation of the principle

The worker’s submission of an application containing his complaint to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour. It is the legal means by which the court becomes seised of the labour action. Consequence thereof: the extinction of that action and the nullity of - 375 - Procedure the judgment rendered therein entail the nullity of that application. Example concerning the extinction of the previous action through cassation of the judgment rendered therein.
Arabic original
تقديم العامل طلباً إلى وزارة الشئون الاجتماعية والعمل يتضمن شكواه. هو الوسيلة القانونية لاتصال المحكمة بالدعوى العمالية. مؤدى ذلك: أن زوال تلك الدعوى وبطلان - ٣٧٥ - المرافعات الحكم الصادر فيها يستتبع بطلان ذلك الطلب. مثال بشأن زوال الدعوى السابقة بتمييز الحكم الصادر فيها.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١١/١٩٩٨ عمالي جلسة ٢٦/١٠/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الأول ص٣٦٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 375. PDF pages: 372–373.

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