Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1548

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

English translation of the principle

A judge’s disqualification from determining the action. Its grounds. Issuance of a judgment despite the disqualification of the judge who issued it or participated in issuing it. Its effect. The nullity of that judgment is a nullity relating to public policy. It may be invoked at any stage of the action. Its condition. Example.
Arabic original
عدم صلاحية القاضي للفصل في الدعوى. أسبابها. صدور حكم رغم عدم صلاحية القاضي الذي أصدره أو اشتراكه في إصداره. أثره. بطلان هذا الحكم بطلانا متعلقا بالنظام العام. جواز التمسك به في أية حالة كانت عليه الدعوى. شرطه. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٩٦/٢٠٠٢ أحوال جلسة ١٤/١٢/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السابع ص ٥٨٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 670. PDF pages: 664.

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