Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 954

Examination of the permissibility of appealing a judgment precedes the form of the appeal against it. - A pardon of the penalty issued by the Head of State before determination of the appeal against the judgment imposing it. Its effect. The matter passes out of the hands of the judiciary. The reason for that. - A pardon of the penalty issued by the Head of State. An act of sovereignty that the judiciary has no power to interfere with or review in respect of what was pardoned. Its effect on the appeal by cassation.