Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1293

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

English translation of the principle

The litigants' claims in the action. What is decisive is the final claims submitted expressly and unequivocally. - The court's award of what the litigants did not request or more than they requested, with awareness thereof and reasons given for its ruling thereon. The means of challenging it: cassation. Its award thereof without intent or awareness and without giving reasons for its viewpoint. The means of challenging it: a petition for reconsideration. Example. Of a judgment awarding what the litigants did not request, which vitiates it for contradicting what is established in the papers and requires cassation thereof.
Arabic original
طلبات الخصوم في الدعوى. العبرة فيها بالطلبات الختامية المبداة على نحو صريح وجازم. - قضاء المحكمة بما لم يطلبه الخصوم أو بأكثر مما طلبوه وإدراكها لذلك وتسبيبها لقضائها بشأنه. سبيل الطعن عليه: التمييز. قضاؤها بذلك عن عدم تعمد أو إدراك ودون تسبيب لوجهة نظرها. سبيل الطعن عليه: التماس إعادة النظر. مثال. لحكم قضى بما لم يطلبه الخصوم الأمر الذي يعيبه بمخالفة الثابت بالأوراق ويُوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ١٤٣، ١٧٦/٢٠٠١ تجاري جلسة ١٩/٥/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السابع ص١٧٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 238. PDF pages: 235.

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