Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3803

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

English translation of the principle

Gross misconduct that relieves the direct perpetrator of liability. Its meaning. What does not rise to that level. - Definition of the direct perpetrator according to Islamic Sharia jurists. - The judgment's finding that the victim did not intentionally injure himself or sustain the injury as a result of his gross misconduct, its determination that the victim's contribution to the occurrence of the accident was confined to crossing the road, and the consequences it drew therefrom concerning the award of compensation for moral damage. No violation of the law.
Arabic original
سوء السلوك الفاحش الذي يرفع مسئولية المباشر. المقصود به. ما لا يرقى إلى ذلك. - تعريف المباشر عند فقهاء الشريعة الإسلامية. - استخلاص الحكم نفي تعمد المجني عليه إصابة نفسه أو أن الإصابة قد لحقته نتيجة سوء سلوكه الفاحش وتقريره أن مساهمة المجني عليه في وقوع الحادث تقتصر على عبوره الطريق وما رتبه على ذلك في شأن تقرير التعويض الأدبي. لا مخالفة للقانون.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٦٥/٩٢ تجاري جلسة ٣١/١/١٩٩٣ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ٨٧٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 700. PDF pages: 700.

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