Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1934

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

English translation of the principle

A petition for reconsideration based on papers whose submission the opposing litigant had prevented before the judgment was rendered. The condition for its admissibility. The paper must be decisive in the action such that, had it been submitted, it would have changed the conclusion therein in favour of the petitioner; it must have been withheld through the act of the successful litigant; and the petitioner must have been unaware of its existence in its holder's possession. - Acceptance of papers and documents for the first time before the Court of Cassation. Impermissible. - 350 - Civil Procedure
Arabic original
التماس إعادة النظر المبنى على أوراق كان الخصم قد حال دون تقديمها قبل صدور الحكم. شرط قبوله. أن تكون الورقة قاطعة في الدعوى بحيث لو قدمت لغيرت وجه الرأي فيها لمصلحة الملتمس وأن تكون قد احتجزت بفعل الخصم المحكوم له وأن يكون الملتمس جاهلاً وجودها تحت يد حائزها. - قبول أوراق ومستندات لأول مرة أمام محكمة التمييز. لايجوز. - ٣٥٠ - المرافعات
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٦٤٨، ١٠٠٠/٢٠٠٦ تجاري جلسة ٤/٣/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٦ ج١ ص٢٢٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 350. PDF pages: 347.

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