A claimant filed a case against the vice prime minister and the minister of interior before the court. He requested the court to dismiss the decision by which his nomination to the general election had been refused. He said that he had met all the legal requirement for nomination.

The court dismissed the case.

The claimant appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court dismissed the appealed ruling and ruled that the decision should be dismissed.

The defendants appealed the ruling before the court of cassation. They said in their grounds of appeal that the ruling had erred in the application of law and had insufficient evidence of causation. They said that a criminal ruling had been issued against the claimant and therefore he should not be permitted to nominate himself for the election according to Kuwait Law No. 27/2016.