Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4029

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

English translation of the principle

A litigant’s maintaining a defense is material. The judgment’s failure to scrutinize it. Renders it defective for inadequacy. - A judgment basing its ruling on a matter it assumed without evidence thereof or the source from which it derived it. Renders it defective for unsound inference and inadequate reasoning, necessitating its cassation. Example.
Arabic original
تمسك الخصم بالدفاع جوهري. عدم تمحيص الحكم له. يعيبه بالقصور. - إقامة الحكم قضاءه على أمر افترضه دون دليل عليه أو المصدر الذي استقاه منه. يعيبه بالفساد في الاستدلال والقصور في التسبيب بما يوجب تمييزه. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٩٦/١٩٩٦ تجاري جلسة ٧/٤/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الرابع ص٧٨١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 747. PDF pages: 744.

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