Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 536

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

English translation of the principle

Contradiction that vitiates a judgment. That whereby its reasons cancel one another out, leaving nothing upon which the judgment can be sustained. - The judgment's determination that multiple diyas are due for multiple losses of senses and functions despite its determination that all injuries resulted from injury to the brain. A contradiction. It vitiates the judgment.
Arabic original
التناقض الذي يعيب الحكم. هو ما تتماحى به أسبابه بحيث لا يبقى بعدها ما يمكن حمل الحكم عليه. - تقرير الحكم بتعدد الديات المستحقة بتعدد فقد الحواس والمنافع بالرغم من تقريره أن الإصابات جميعها جاءت نتيجة لإصابه المخ. تناقض. يعيب الحكم.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨/٩١ تجاري جلسة ١١/٥/١٩٩٢ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثاني ص ١٠٢١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 109. PDF pages: 109.

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