Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 533

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

English translation of the principle

The Sharia requirements that an arbitrator must satisfy. What they are. - Failure to satisfy the Sharia requirements in the arbitrator because he suffers from psychological and mental disorders and graduated from one of the special institutes of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour. Which supports him and assists him financially. The appellant's reliance on this defense in his grounds of appeal and his request for permission to obtain 2 certificates from the Psychiatric Hospital and Social Affairs to establish the validity of his defense. A material defense. The judgment's failure to investigate it and failure to address it. Renders it defective and requires its cassation.
Arabic original
الشروط الشرعية اللازم توافرها في المحكم. ماهيتها. - تخلف الشروط الشرعية في المحكم لكونه يعاني من اضطرابات نفسية وعقلية وتخرجه في أحد المعاهد الخاصة لوزارة الشئون الاجتماعية والعمل. التي تعوله وتساعده مادياً. تمسك الطاعن بأسباب استئنافه بهذا الدفاع وطلب التصريح له باستخراج شهادتين من مستشفى الطب النفسي والشئون الاجتماعية لإثبات صحة دفاعه. دفاع جوهري. التفات الحكم عن تحقيقه والتفاته عن الرد عليه. يعيبه ويوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٣٩/١٩٩٧ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٣٠/٥/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الأول ص ٦٤٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 421. PDF pages: 406.

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