Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4084

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

English translation of the principle

The administration's right to impose financial penalties during performance of the contract for the other party's breach of its obligations. Exhaustion - 754 - Obligation of the contract's purposes. Its effect. Preclusion of the imposition of the penalty, but it does not extinguish its right to claim compensation for the damage it sustained during performance.
Arabic original
حق الإدارة في توقيع الجزاءات المالية أثناء تنفيذ العقد عن إخلال الطرف الآخر بالتزاماته استنفاد - ٧٥٤ - التزام العقد أغراضه. أثره. امتناع توقيع الجزاء لكنه لا يسقط حقها في المطالبة بالتعويض عن الأضرار التي لحقتها أثناء التنفيذ.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٩٣/٨٨ تجاري جلسة ٢٥/١٢/١٩٨٨ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثاني ص ٢٠٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 754. PDF pages: 754–755.

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