Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1763

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

English translation of the principle

Absence of an interest in challenging the judgment on the part of the Public Prosecution as the prosecuting authority and the convicted person. Its effect. Inadmissibility of the challenge. - 485 - Criminal Procedures and Trials - The Public Prosecution’s challenging judgments in the interests of the law on the basis of a merely theoretical interest. Impermissible. The basis for that. Example.
Arabic original
انتفاء مصلحة النيابة العامة كسلطة اتهام والمحكوم عليه في الطعن. أثره . عدم قبول الطعن. - ٤٨٥ - إجراءات ومحاكمات جزائية - طعن النيابة العامة في الأحكام لمصلحة القانون على مجرد المصلحة النظرية البحتة. غير جائز. أساس ذلك. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٥٧/١٩٩٥ جزائي جلسة ١/٤/١٩٩٦ القسم الثالث المجلد الرابع ص٥٣١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 485. PDF pages: 478–479.

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