Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 695

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

English translation of the principle

An injury for which no diya or specified arsh is paid pursuant to the provisions of Islamic Sharia and as stipulated in the diya schedule. Compensation therefor is according to what the judge assesses to redress the harm as an equitable judicial assessment. - Assessment of the harm and the compensation redressing it. A factual matter for the court of merits. Its condition. - The judgment's combination of compensation for material and moral damage and assessment thereof in an aggregate amount. No defect.
Arabic original
الإصابة التي لا يدفع عنها دية أو أرش مقدّر وفقاً لما تقضي به أحكام الشرع الإسلامي وينص عليها جدول الديات. التعويض عنها يكون وفق ما يقدره القاضي جبراً للضرر حكومة عدل. - تقدير الضرر والتعويض الجابر له. واقع لمحكمة الموضوع. شرطه. - إدماج الحكم التعويض عن الضررين المادي والأدبي وتقديره عنهما جملة. لا عيب.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٨١/٩٨ تجاري جلسة ١٥/٣/٢٠٠٤ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الرابع ص ٥١٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 140. PDF pages: 140.

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