Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 996

Prohibiting a judge from hearing an action even if neither party challenges him. Its cases. Article 102, Civil Procedure. - A judgment issued by a judge in whom a ground of disqualification from hearing the action exists. Its effect. Its nullity, not its non-existence. It remains in existence and produces its effects until set aside by challenging it through one of the methods prescribed by law. An original action seeking its nullity may not be brought. - 190 - Civil Procedure