Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 257

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

English translation of the principle

The scope of an appeal in cassation does not extend beyond the judgment challenged. - The absence, in the chapter on appeals in cassation in the Civil Procedure Law, of a provision equivalent to that contained in the final paragraph of Article 144 of that law concerning appeals. Its necessary consequence.
Arabic original
نطاق الطعن بالتمييز لا يتسع لغير الحكم الذي يطعن فيه. - خلو باب الطعن بالتمييز في قانون المرافعات من نص يماثل ما ورد بالفقرة الأخيرة من المادة ١٤٤ من هذا القانون بشأن الطعن بالاستئناف. لازمه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٤٤٦، ٤٧٠/١٩٩٦ تجاري جلسة ٩/١١/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الخامس ص ٧٢٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 388. PDF pages: 382.

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