Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 424

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

English translation of the principle

Application of the Ja‘fari school. Its condition. The litigants’ common adherence to this school. Their difference in school. Its implication. Application of Law No. 51 of 1984 concerning Personal Status. - The right to visit the minor is confined to parents and grandparents alone, to the exclusion of others. Art. 196/a of Law 51 of 1984. The judgment’s departure from this and its allowing the paternal aunt to visit her brother’s daughter. A violation of the law necessitating its cassation.
Arabic original
تطبيق المذهب الجعفري. شرطه. اتحاد الخصوم في هذا المذهب. اختلافهما في المذهب. مؤداه. تطبيق القانون رقم ٥١ لسنة ١٩٨٤ في شأن الأحوال الشخصية. - حق رؤية الصغير قاصر على الأبوين والأجداد فقط دون سواه. م ١٩٦ /أ من القانون ٥١ لسنة ١٩٨٤. مخالفة الحكم ذلك وتمكينه للعمة من رؤية إبنة أخيها. مخالفة للقانون تُوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٩٣/٢٠٠٢ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٦/١١/٢٠٠٣ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد التاسع ص ٣٦٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 92. PDF pages: 92.

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