Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2443

A harmful act is one of the sources of obligation. Its two categories: an unlawful act and bodily harm requiring compensation under the provisions governing diyah in Islamic Sharia when the avenue to redressing the damage on the basis of tort liability is closed. - Extinction of an obligation by lapse of time upon denial. A bar to hearing the action. - The period that must elapse for an action for compensation for bodily harm not to be heard. Is subject to suspension and interruption unless there is an impediment preventing the right from being claimed. The judgment’s departure from this view. Renders it defective. Example.