Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1123

State of Kuwait · Criminal Procedure · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The phrase concerning the court that issued the judgment and the judges who participated in issuing it. Its meaning. Issuance of the first-instance judgment by a panel different from the panel that heard the pleadings and reserved the case for judgment, and after it is established that the judges who heard the pleadings are those who participated in issuing it, contrary to what the law requires. Invalidates it. The appellate judgment's affirmance thereof renders it, in turn, void, requiring its cassation. The basis thereof.
Arabic original
عبارة المحكمة التي أصدرت الحكم والقضاة الذين اشتركوا في إصداره. مفادها. صدور الحكم الابتدائي من هيئة مغايرة للهيئة التي سمعت المرافعة وحجزت الدعوى للحكم وبعد أن يثبت أن القضاة الذين سمعوا المرافعة هم الذين اشتركوا في إصداره خلافاً لما يوجبه القانون. يبطله. تأييد الحكم الاستئنافي له يجعله بدوره باطلاً بما يوجب تمييزه. أساس ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢١٤/١٩٩٩ جزائي جلسة ١٨/٤/٢٠٠٠ القسم الرابع المجلد الثامن ص٣١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 365. PDF pages: 358.

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