Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 632

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

English translation of the principle

Capacity to litigate. Its connection with public policy. The defence that it is absent. Rests on facts that must be pleaded before the court of the merits. Raising it for the first time before the Court of Cassation. Inadmissible.
Arabic original
أهلية التقاضي. تعلقها بالنظام العام. الدفاع بانعدامها. قيامه على واقع يتعين التمسك به أمام محكمة الموضوع. إثارته لأول مرة أمام محكمة التمييز. لا يقبل.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨١/٩٣ تجاري جلسة ٣٠/١/١٩٩٤ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الأول ص ٧٥٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 142. PDF pages: 142.

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