Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1720

The jurisdiction of the criminal court. The general rule is its restriction to hearing the offences brought before it. The exception. Its jurisdiction to hear the civil action arising from those offences. The condition for this. That the civil action be heard only as ancillary to the criminal action. The implication of this. It is not validly brought independently before the criminal court. The act not being punishable by law. Its effect. The criminal court has no jurisdiction over the action and must rule that it lacks jurisdiction. - The criminal court's jurisdiction to hear the ancillary civil action. Its basis: the connection between the criminal and civil actions and the unity of the cause upon which each is founded.