Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3293

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

English translation of the principle

A judgment rendered in the absence of the person required to take the decisive oath. Its operative part must be served on him. Article 68 of the Evidence Law. The provision requiring service being unqualified, without requiring personal service. The effect of this. Recourse must be had to the general rules of service. The judgment's requirement of personal service on the litigant. A restriction of the generality of the provision and qualification of its unqualified terms, requiring its cassation. Example. - 630 - Civil Procedure - The general rules of service in the Civil Procedure Law and the steps the process server must follow.
Arabic original
الحكم الصادر في غيبة المكلف بحلف اليمين الحاسمة. وجوب إعلان منطوقه إليه. م٦٨ من قانون الإثبات. ورود النص على الإعلان مطلقاً دون استلزام أن يكون لشخصه. أثر ذلك. وجوب الرجوع إلى القواعد العامة في الإعلان. اشتراط الحكم وجوب الإعلان لشخص الخصم. تخصيص لعموم النص وتقييد لمطلقه بما يوجب تمييزه. مثال. - ٦٣٠ - المرافعات - القواعد العامة للإعلان في قانون المرافعات والخطوات التي يتعين على مندوب الإعلان إتباعها.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٥٠/١٩٩٧ تجاري جلسة ٢٢/٢/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الأول ص٣٧٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 630. PDF pages: 627–628.

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