Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 93

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

English translation of the principle

The witness must be free of suspicion of bias. A Sharia rule whose implication is the inadmissibility of an ascendant's testimony for his descendant - 336 - Personal Status and a descendant's for his ascendant. Other relatives. Their testimony may be accepted. An example of excluding a father's testimony for his daughter. - The supplementary oath. The condition for the judge to direct it. That there be no complete proof in the action. An example of not directing it because complete proof in the form of Sharia-compliant testimony exists.
Arabic original
وجوب انتفاء التهمة عن الشاهد. قاعدة شرعية مؤداها عدم قبول شهادة الأصل لفرعه - ٣٣٦ - أحوال شخصية والفرع لأصله. عدا ذلك من القرابات. جواز الأخذ بشهادتهم. مثال لاستبعاد شهادة الأب لأبنته. - اليمين المتممة. شرط توجيه القاضي لها. أن لا يكون في الدعوى دليل كامل. مثال لعدم توجيهها لوجود دليل كامل من بينة شرعية.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٥/١٩٩٤ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١١/٢/١٩٩٥ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الأول ص ٣٨٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 336. PDF pages: 321–322.

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