Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3688

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 10 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Reporting crimes is among the rights conferred upon individuals, which they exercise within the limits of the law. Its implication. A person exercising it is not liable for compensation merely because his report is false and causes harm to the person reported against. Diverting it from its intended purpose and exercising it maliciously with the aim of harming another. The condition for establishing this: knowledge that the reported facts are false and that he proceeded to report recklessly, intending to harm that person.
Arabic original
التبليغ عن الجرائم من الحقوق المخولة للأفراد يباشرونها في حدود القانون. مؤداه. عدم مسئولية من يستعمله عن التعويض لمجرد كذب بلاغه وإلحاق الضرر بالمبلغ ضده. الانحراف به عما وضع له واستعماله استعمالاً كيدياً ابتغاء مضارة الغير. شرط ثبوته: العلم بكذب الوقائع التي أبلغ عنها وأنه أقدم على التبليغ عن رعونة منتوياً الإضرار به.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٧٧/٢٠٠٨ مدني جلسة ٢١/١/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٧ ج ١ ص ٣٤٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 679. PDF pages: 679.

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