Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 499

The State's guarantee for personal injury. Limited to Sharia diya within the limits and framework of its provisions. The injury not reaching - 101 - Obligation the level for which diya or arsh is payable. Its effect. The State is not obliged to compensate for it. - Al-hashimah. Its nature. - Shijaj. Injuries occurring to the head or face. Wounds occurring to the rest of the body, even if a bone fracture. A wound for which there is no prescribed arsh, and compensation for it is according to the judge's assessment as an equitable judicial award (hukumat ‘adl). An example concerning fractures of the leg bones.