Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 427

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 11 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The provisions of the Civil Code contained in the chapter on personal injury. Their purpose is to safeguard shed blood so that no blood goes uncompensated in Islam. - The direct actor is liable even if he neither intended nor transgressed. The scope of this rule.
Arabic original
أحكام القانون المدني الواردة في باب أذى النفس. القصد منها الحفاظ على الدم المسفوك حتى لا يطل دم في الإسلام. - المباشر ضامن ولو لم يتعمد أو يتعد. نطاق هذه القاعدة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٣٨/١٩٩٠ تجاري جلسة ١١/١١/١٩٩١ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثاني ص ٩١٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 89. PDF pages: 89.

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