Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 535

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

English translation of the principle

Judicial separation between spouses through arbitration. What justifies it: either spouse harming the other through words or deeds. The criterion of harm justifying separation is the impossibility of continued marital life between persons like them. - The judgment’s ordering judicial divorce after establishment of the impossibility of marital life. Does not vitiate it.
Arabic original
التفريق القضائي بين الزوجين عن طريق التحكيم. ما يسوغه: إضرار أحد الزوجين بالآخر قولاً أو فعلاً. معيار الضرر المسوغ للتفريق هو عدم استطاعة دوام العشرة بين أمثالهما. - قضاء الحكم بالتطليق بعد ثبوت استحالة العشرة. لا يعيبه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٤٦/١٩٩٧ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٢٦/٩/١٩٩٨ 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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