Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 94

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

English translation of the principle

Testimony of an ascendant for his descendant and of a descendant for his ascendant in the school of Imam Malik. Inadmissible under Sharia. The reason therefor. Example. - The judgment’s not relying in its ruling on the witnesses’ statements. The ground of challenge against it. Has no object in the judgment’s ruling.
Arabic original
شهادة الأصل لفرعه والفرع لأصله في مذهب الإمام مالك. غير مقبولة شرعاً. علة ذلك. مثال. - عدم تعويل الحكم في قضائه على أقوال الشهود. النعي عليه. لا يصادف محلاً من قضاء الحكم.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤/١٩٩٧ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١١/١٠/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الأول ص ٥٦٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 337. PDF pages: 322.

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