Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1557

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

English translation of the principle

Rendering a judgment by deliberating on it and signing its draft. Permissible only for the judges who heard oral argument. An impediment affecting any of them, preventing him from attending the pronouncement hearing, and another taking his place. This must be recorded in the judgment, whose particulars are supplemented by what appears in the hearing minutes in this regard. Contravention of that. Its effect: nullity of the judgment. - Pronouncement of the judgment by a panel different from the panel that rendered it. A permission stipulated in Article - 672 - Procedure 112 of the Law of Procedure. The condition for its application: noting that in the copy of the judgment. Example: of a judgment bearing such an endorsement.
Arabic original
إصدار الحكم بالمداولة فيه وبالتوقيع على مسودته. عدم جوازه إلا للقضاة الذين سمعوا المرافعة. حدوث مانع لأي منهم حال بينه وبين حضور جلسة النطق به وحلول آخر مكانه. وجوب إثبات ذلك في الحكم والذي تُكمل بياناته بما يرد بمحضر الجلسة في خصوصه. مخالفة ذلك. أثره: بطلان الحكم. - النطق بالحكم من هيئة مغايرة للهيئة التي أصدرته. رخصة نصت عليها المادة - ٦٧٢ - المرافعات ١١٢مرافعات. شرط إعمالها: التنويه عن ذلك بنسخة الحكم. مثال: لحكم تم تذييله بذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٢٣٦/٢٠١٠ تجاري جلسة ٢٦/١٠/٢٠١٠ مجلة القضاء والقانون س ٣٩ ج ٣ ص ٦٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 672. PDF pages: 666–667.

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