Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 645

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

English translation of the principle

Consolatory compensation redresses the loneliness caused by the husband to the woman from whom he has separated and consoles her. Her consent to divorce bars her from consolatory compensation. Assessment of the existence or absence of the wife's consent to divorce. A matter of fact. An example of reasonable reasoning for the respondent's entitlement to consolatory compensation because her consent to divorce was not established.
Arabic original
المتعة هي جبر إيحاش الزوج لمن فارقها ومواساتها. رضاؤها بالطلاق يحجب عنها المتعة. تقدير قيام رضاء الزوجة بالطلاق أو انتفائه. موضوعي. مثال لتسبيب سائغ لاستحقاق المطعون ضدها للمتعة لعدم ثبوت رضائها بالطلاق.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٦٢/٢٠٠٦ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٢٤/٩/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٥ – ج٣ ص ٣٣٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 443. PDF pages: 428.

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