Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1240

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

English translation of the principle

The court is bound by the litigants' claims in the action. The absence from the papers of anything indicating that the appellants maintained a claim to restore the contracting parties to the position they occupied at the time of the contract. No fault attaches to the judgment if it did not address it.
Arabic original
تقيد المحكمة بطلبات الخصوم في الدعوى . خلو الأوراق مما يدل على تمسك الطاعنين بطلب إعادة المتعاقدين إلى الحالة التي كانا عليها عند العقد. لا تثريب على الحكم إن هو لم يعرض له.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٣٨/١٩٩٤ تجاري جلسة ١٨/١٢/١٩٩٤ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثاني ص٨٣٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 230. PDF pages: 227.

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