Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3664

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

English translation of the principle

Recourse to the court that rendered the judgment for its interpretation. Its prerequisite: ambiguity or obscurity in the operative part of the judgment. Its clarity. Does not permit recourse to that court. The reason: so that interpretation does not become a pretext for reversing the judgment and impairing its binding authority. - The court’s authority upon a request to interpret a judgment stops at ascertaining its clarity, without extending to its resulting effects. Example concerning a request to interpret a judgment invalidating the sale of a newspaper and its printing press. 38- Its authority to consider the action ready for determination:-
Arabic original
الرجوع إلى المحكمة التي أصدرت الحكم لتفسيره. مناطه: وقوع غموض أو إبهام في منطوق الحكم. وضوحه. لا يجيز الرجوع إليها. علة ذلك: حتى لا يكون التفسير ذريعة للرجوع عن الحكم والمساس بحجيته. - توقف سلطة المحكمة في طلب تفسير الحكم عند التحقق من وضوحه دون الآثار المترتبة عليه. مثال بشأن طلب تفسير حكم ببطلان بيع جريدة ومطبعتها. ٣٨- سلطتها في اعتبار الدعوى صالحة للفصل فيها:-
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٢٤٦/٢٠٠٦ تجاري جلسة ٦/٥/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٦ ج٢ ص١٢٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 691. PDF pages: 688.

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