Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2359

Law 70 of 1980 governing retirement pensions and gratuities for non-Kuwaiti military personnel contains no provision regulating litigation procedures concerning claims against the Public Institution for Social Security for payment of insurance entitlements prescribed under its provisions. The implication thereof. Application of the provisions stipulated in Law 61 of 1976 promulgating the Social Security Law, as the general law in this regard. Litigation procedures regulated by this Law. Procedural matters that must be applied concerning claims for the aforementioned entitlements. The reason therefor. - Bringing an action to claim insurance entitlements prescribed under Law 61 of 1976. Its condition. Claiming them in writing from the Public Institution for Social Security within five years from the date on which these entitlements are deemed due for payment. It is necessary to lodge a grievance against the decision rejecting the application before the Grievances Committee which the legislature entrusted the Minister of Finance with forming, and to await the prescribed period for deciding it before bringing an action for the entitlements claimed. Article 107 of the aforementioned Law. - An action claiming insurance entitlements:-