Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1592

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

English translation of the principle

Ascertaining and understanding the facts of the action. The court of merits has independent authority over this, provided its ascertainment is based on what is established in the case papers. - A litigant’s silence in response to an allegation made in the action. Impermissible to regard it as evidence of the truth of that allegation. - A person in whose favour a judgment has been rendered has no interest in appealing it, whatever the grounds on which it was based. Its implication. Those grounds have no binding force against him.
Arabic original
تحصيل فهم الواقع في الدعوى. تستقل به محكمة الموضوع مادام تحصيلها يستند إلى ما هو ثابت في الأوراق. - سكوت الخصم عن الرد على ما يبدى في الدعوى من ادعاء. عدم جواز اعتباره دليلاً على صحة هذا الادعاء. - لا مصلحة لمن صدر الحكم لصالحه في الطعن عليه بالاستئناف أياً كانت الأسباب التي أقيم عليها. مؤدى ذلك. لا تحوز هذه الأسباب حجية قبله.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٧٩، ٨٠/٢٠٠٣ عمالي جلسة ٢٩/١٢/٢٠٠٣ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السابع ص٢١٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 289. PDF pages: 286.

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