KUWAIT CITY, Dec 5: The Constitutional Court presided over by Judge Faisal Al-Murshid threw out a challenge to the law banning the holding of primaries in Kuwait. According to the court under Article 45 of Law No. 45/1962 that deals with election of members of parliament holding of primaries is illegal.
The Criminal Court had earlier referred the appeal that sought to declare the ban on holding of primaries as unconstitutional to the Constitutional Court for determination.

Case adjourned: The Criminal Court supervised by Counselor Adel Al-Saq-er continues hearing in the lawsuit filed against 20 suspects, involving some detectives alleged to have kidnapped, tortured and killed Kuwaiti citizen Moha-mmad Al-Maimouni.

Earlier, the court adjourned the case to allow the defense team prepare adequately. The case file indicates the first to sixteenth defendants abused their positions as security operatives and tortured Al-Maimouni with hard objects when they purportedly tied his hands and legs, hurt his eyes and hit him with various objects.
The suspects had also denied the deceased citizen access to medical care after physically torturing him because he allegedly traded in liquor. Eventually, Al-Maimouni died in detention due to unbearable affliction.
The first and second suspects have been accused of detaining the victim in a manner that violated the Constitution, while the first defendant is again accused of falsifying an official document — arrest and investigation warrants, to justify detention of the late citizen.