KUWAIT CITY, Oct 29: President of the Court of Appeals Counselor Tariq Al-Jaber on Thursday issued Administrative Decision No. 50/2026 on the reconstitution of the Court of Ministers, Investigation Committee for Ministers and Judicial Disciplinary Council. This action was taken after the General Assembly of the court adopted supplementary resolutions on Sept 24, taking into account the request of several counselors to be excused from these posts and as per the operational requirements of the judiciary. The decision mandates the reconstitution of the Court of Ministers, pursuant to Article Eight of Trial of Ministers Law No. 88/1995, as amended by Law No. 29/2014, consisting of five primary counselors and five alternate counselors.
This appointment takes effect on the date of the issuance of the decision, for a two-year term, served along with the primary judicial duties of the counselors. It also reconstitutes the Investigation Committee for Ministers, in accordance with Article Three of the same law, consisting of three primary counselors and two alternate counselors. This term commences on Nov 2 for a period of two years, along with their current judicial responsibilities. This is in addition to the reconstitution of the Judicial Disciplinary Council, pursuant to Article 41 of Decree-Law No. 80/2026 on the organization of the judiciary. It will include two primary counselors and two alternate counselors, serving from the date of the issuance of the decision until Sept 30, 2027.
The decision stipulates notifying the Minister of Justice of its contents, incorporating it into the supplementary resolutions of the court, and informing the concerned counselors and the Registry Department at the court to take the necessary administrative steps. Al-Jaber, who also chairs the Ad Hoc Committee, signed the decision along with members Senior Counselors Abdul- Salam Nasser Al-Baijan and Hussein Abdul-Karim Al-Ramadan.
Following are the principal members of the Court of Ministers:
1. Senior Counselor Mohammad Yousef Othman Jaafar 2. Counselor Faisal Rashid Salem Al- Harbi 3. Counselor Abdullah Ahmed Jassim Al-Najm 4. Counselor Abdul-Aziz Adnan Saad Al-Rubaian 5. Counselor Hamoud Dawood Sulaiman Al-Bader The alternate members are: 1. Counselor Ali Badr Ali Abdul- Aziz bin Naji 2. Counselor Badr Adel Abdullah Saud Al-Ahmad 3. Counselor Ahmed Abdul-Wahab Ahmed Al-Duwaisan 4. Counselor Khalifa Jassim Khalifa Al-Najm 5. Counselor Abdullah Salah Nasser Al-Othman Principal members of the Committee for Ministerial Investigations: 1. Counselor Tariq Abdul-Aziz Muhalhal Al-Yassin 2. Counselor Mohammad Khalid Mohammed Al-Ghamlas 3. Counselor Hamad Abdul-Aziz Sulaiman Al-Waqian Alternate members: 1. Counselor Saud Ibrahim Saud Al- Farhoud 2. Counselor Hamad Abdul-Wahab Hussein Al-Salahi Principal members of the Judicial Disciplinary Council 1. Senior Counselor Badr Turki Ibrahim Al-Wazzan 2. Counselor Salim Faleh Saad Al- Azmi Alternate members: 1. Counselor Faris Abdul-Wahab Jumaa Al-Fahad 2. Counselor Yahya Mohammad Hassan Al-Kandari
By Jaber Al-Hamoud Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff
