Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2717

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

English translation of the principle

Nullity resulting from interruption of the proceedings. Relative nullity. The death of a litigant during the hearing of the action and failure to make that litigant's heirs parties thereto. Effect thereof. No person other than the heirs may plead the nullity of the procedures subsequent to the death or the nullity of the judgment.
Arabic original
البطلان المترتب على انقطاع سير الخصومة. بطلان نسبي. وفاة أحد الخصوم أثناء نظر الدعوى وعدم اختصام ورثته فيها. أثره. عدم جواز الدفع ببطلان الإجراءات اللاحقة على الوفاة أو بطلان الحكم لغير الورثة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٢٣٦/٢٠٠٧ تجاري جلسة ١٢/٤/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٧ ج٢ ص٥٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 522. PDF pages: 519.

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