Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2806
State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part Two · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
The thirty-day time limit provided for in Article 137 of the Civil Procedure Law. A time limit for appearance. The consequence thereof. The appearance of the respondent who was summoned after the prescribed time limit does not extinguish his right to imposition of the sanction of deeming the appeal never to have been brought, and Article 80 of the Civil Procedure Law, providing that invalid service of originating pleadings is cured by appearance, does not apply to him.
Arabic original
ميعاد الثلاثين يوماً المنصوص عليه بالمادة ١٣٧ مرافعات. ميعاد حضور. مؤدى ذلك. حضور المستأنف عليه والذي كلف بالحضور بعد الميعاد المحدد لا يسقط حقه في توقيع الجزاء باعتبار الاستئناف كأن لم يكن ولا ينطبق بشأنه مانصت عليه المادة ٨٠ مرافعات من زوال بطلان إعلان صحف الدعاوى بالحضور.Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ٤١/٢٠٠١ مدني جلسة ٣٠/٩/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس المجلد الثاني ص٦٩٢)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 539. PDF pages: 536.
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