Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4234

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

English translation of the principle

A judgment rejecting the plea that the Kuwaiti judiciary lacks jurisdiction because the female respondent resides in the State of Kuwait. When it is correct. - The sitting of certain circuits of the Court of First Instance in another governorate does not preclude the jurisdiction of the circuit sitting at the court’s headquarters in Kuwait City. Basis thereof. Article 7 of Law 23 of 1990 regulating the judiciary.
Arabic original
الحكم برفض الدفع بعدم اختصاص القضاء الكويتي لإقامة المطعون ضدها بدولة الكويت. متى يكون صحيحاً. - انعقاد بعض دوائر المحكمة الكلية في محافظة أخري لا يحول دون اختصاص الدائرة المنعقدة بمقر المحكمة بمدينة الكويت. أساس بذلك. م٧ ق٢٣ لسنة ١٩٩٠ بتنظيم القضاء.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٠٧/١٩٩٨ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٧/٣/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الرابع ص٨٠٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 782. PDF pages: 779.

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