KCC 2248/2020

This case involved whether a tenant could be liable to pay a property tax which under law was the obligation of the property owner.

Background

A claimant filed a case against a defendant before the court. He requested the court to order the defendant to pay him 12940 Dinars. He said that he had paid this amount as fees to the Ministry of Finance for disputed property according to Kuwait Law No. 50/1994. He said that he owned the property and that the defendant had agreed to rent it and to buy it after the termination of the tenancy agreement. He said that he had committed to his obligations according to the agreements signed between the two parties. He said that he also paid the fees of the property to the ministry. He said that the agreement signed between the two parties stipulated that the defendant was obliged to pay these fees. The claimant said that the defendant had failed to commit to his obligation in this regard.

The court dismissed the case.

The claimant appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court dismissed the appeal and upheld the appealed ruling.