Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1540

State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part One · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Judgments of the Court of Cassation. They may not be challenged by any means of challenge. Article 156/2 of the Law of Procedure. The reason for that. They are the final stage in the levels of litigation. Exception: nullity of a judgment rendered by it if one of the counsellors who rendered it is affected by a ground of disqualification stipulated in Article 102 of the Law of Procedure. Example: concerning a judgment that was not deprived of one of its constituents or one of its essential pillars and did not lose its character as a judicial judgment, which cannot constitute a basis for an action for nullity.
Arabic original
أحكام محكمة التمييز. عدم جواز الطعن فيها بأي طريقة من طرق الطعن. م١٥٦/٢ مرافعات. علة ذلك. أنها خاتمة المطاف في مراحل التقاضي. الاستثناء: بطلان الحكم الصادر منها إذا قام بأحد المستشارين الذين أصدروه سبب من أسباب عدم الصلاحية المنصوص عليها بالمادة ١٠٢ مرافعات. مثال: بشأن حكم لم يتجرد من أحد مقوماته أو أحد أركانه الأساسية ولم يفقد صفته كحكم قضائي مما لا يصلح أن يكون أساساً لدعوى البطلان.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٣١٥، ٣٢٧/٢٠١٠ تجاري جلسة ١٣/١/٢٠١١ مجلة القضاء والقانون س ٣٩ ج ١ ص ١٠١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 669. PDF pages: 663.

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