Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 494

Bodily injury for which diya or specified arsh is payable. The necessity of referring to the diya schedule to determine both. Loss of the ability to breathe normally. Compensation therefor is assessed by the judge at an amount not exceeding the diya for a life. No diya or portion thereof is payable for it. - A body-cavity-penetrating wound. Its nature. The condition for its existence. - A bone-displacing wound. Its nature. 15% of the diya is payable for it. - 100 - Obligation - Wounds elsewhere on the body, even if involving a bone fracture. Do not fall within head and facial wounds and are called bodily wounds, for which there is no specified arsh but rather an equitable judicial assessment.