Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4052

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

English translation of the principle

Obtaining an order prohibiting the debtor from traveling. Its condition. That the creditor’s right be certain in existence and due for payment, and that the creditor establish evidence of serious grounds giving reason to believe that the debtor will flee from the debt and that he is able to pay. - The female appellant’s submission of a request to reopen the appeal for pleadings to present her defense, accompanied by documents indicating - 750 - Civil Procedure the first respondent’s ability to pay and her fear that he would flee, because she had not appeared in the appeal after its resumption. Its implication. The court must respond to that request with reasonable grounds consistent with the law. Reason thereof. Giving effect to the adversarial principle. The court merely stating that this falls within its unfettered discretion and basing its ruling on the female appellant’s failure to submit documents indicating the first respondent’s ability to pay or that his flight was feared, whereby the court deprived her of her right of defense and proof, which renders its judgment defective and necessitates its cassation. - Inadequacy: -
Arabic original
استصدار أمر بمنع المدين من السفر. شرطه. أن يكون حق الدائن محقق الوجود وحال الأداء وأن يقيم الدائن الدليل على وجود أسباب جدية تدعوا للظن بفرار المدين من الدين وأنه قادر على الوفاء. - تقديم الطاعنة طلباً لإعادة الاستئناف للمرافعة لإبداء دفاعها مرفقاً به مستندات دالة على - ٧٥٠ - المرافعات قدرة المطعون ضده الأول على السداد وخشيتها من فراره وذلك لعدم مثولها بالاستئناف بعد تعجيله. مؤداه. وجوب رد المحكمة على ذلك الطلب بأسباب سائغة تتفق مع القانون. علة ذلك. إعمالاً لمبدأ المواجهة. اكتفاء المحكمة بمجرد القول بأن ذلك من إطلاقاتها وإقامة قضاءها على أن الطاعنة لم تقدم المستندات الدالة على قدرة المطعون ضده الأول على الوفاء أو أنه يخشى فراره بما تكون معه المحكمة قد صادرت على حقها في الدفاع والإثبات مما يعيب حكمها بما يوجب تمييزه. - القصور: -
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٩٥/٢٠١٠ مدني جلسة ١٤/١١/٢٠١١ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٩ ج٣ ص٣٠٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 750. PDF pages: 747–748.

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