Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 540

Separation for harm. Its grounds, rationale and basis. - An obedience action and a marital disobedience action. Each differs from an action for judicial divorce on grounds of harm. The criterion for bringing each. The effect thereof. - Divergence of the opinions of the arbitrators appointed in the action. Its effect. The court follows ordinary procedures. Its resort to an evidentiary hearing. Permissible. - The court's inference from the statements of the respondent wife's 2 witnesses that discord between the parties had become entrenched such that continued married life was impossible, without departing from the meaning conveyed by the testimony. There is no basis for challenging it in this respect.