Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 137

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

English translation of the principle

Law 51 of 1984. Its failure to address how the occurrence of divorce is to be proven. Necessary consequence thereof. Recourse in this regard to the generally accepted opinion in the school of Imam Malik. Article 343 of the aforementioned Law. Proof, under the school of Imam Malik, of divorce by a husband who died without having acknowledged his divorce of his wife. By Sharia-compliant evidence through the testimony of two upright men.
Arabic original
القانون ٥١ لسنة ١٩٨٤ . عدم تناوله كيفية إثبات وقوع الطلاق. لازمه. الرجوع في ذلك للمشهور في مذهب الإمام مالك. م٣٤٣ من القانون المذكور. إثبات طلاق الزوج الذي توفي ولم يكن قد أقر بطلاقه لامرأته في مذهب الإمام مالك. بالبينة الشرعية بشهادة رجلين عدلين.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥١٩/٢٠٠٧ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٢٦/٥/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون س ٣٦ ج٢ ص ٤٠٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 345. PDF pages: 330.

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