Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 125

State of Kuwait · Personal Status · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

An ascendant's testimony for his descendant and a descendant's for his ascendant. Its inadmissibility. The reason for this: the witness must be free of suspicion of bias. The testimony of all other relatives for one another. Admissible. The condition for this. Its freedom from suspicion of bias.
Arabic original
شهادة الأصل لفرعه والفرع لأصله. عدم قبولها. علة ذلك: وجوب انتفاء التهمة عن الشاهد. شهادة سائر القرابات بعضهم لبعض. مقبولة. شرط ذلك. انتفاء التهمة عنها.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٨٤/٢٠٠٤ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٣/٣/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثاني ص ٢٤١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 342. PDF pages: 327.

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