Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 425

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

English translation of the principle

Dissolution of a valid marriage after consummation. Its implication. Consolatory compensation is obligatory. Absence of a provision concerning consolatory compensation for a divorced woman after seclusion. Its effect. Recourse in this regard to the prevailing opinion in the school of Imam Malik. Its implication. A divorcing husband, in a divorce after seclusion, is not compelled to pay consolatory compensation to a divorced woman with whom he has not consummated the marriage.
Arabic original
إنحلال الزواج الصحيح بعد الدخول. مؤداه. وجوب المتُعة. عدم وجود نص بشأن متُعة المطلقة بعد الخلوة. أثره. الرجوع في ذلك إلى المشهور في مذهب الإمام مالك. مؤدى ذلك. عدم إجبار المطلق في طلاق بعد الخلوة بأن يؤدى متعة لمطلقة لم يدخل بها.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٥/٢٠٠٣ 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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