Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1928

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

English translation of the principle

Intervention of the Public Prosecution in personal status actions, Articles 338, 340 of Law 51/84. A mandatory procedure concerning public policy, encompassing actions not determined upon the entry into force of Law 51/84. Its failure to intervene. Its effect is nullity. The nullity’s relation to public policy and the implication thereof. Example concerning an action involving a serious dispute over lineage. Awarding what the litigants did not request or more than they requested
Arabic original
تدخل النيابة العامة في دعاوى الأحوال الشخصية م٣٣٨، ٣٤٠ق٥١/٨٤. إجراء وجوبي يتعلق بالنظام العام شموله الدعاوى التي لم يفصل فيها عند العمل بق٥١/٨٤. عدم تدخلها. أثره البطلان. تعلق البطلان بالنظام العام مؤدى ذلك. مثال بشأن دعوى تتضمن نزاعاً جدياً على النسب. القضاء بما لم يطلبه الخصوم أو بأكثر مما طلبوه
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٢/١٩٨٥ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٣/١٢/١٩٨٥ مج القسم الأول المجلد الثاني ص١١٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 349. PDF pages: 346.

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