Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1426

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

English translation of the principle

The court's awarding what the litigants did not request or more than they requested, with awareness thereof and reasons for its ruling thereon. The means of challenging it: cassation. Its doing so unintentionally or without awareness and without giving reasons for its view. The means of challenging it: a petition for reconsideration. An example of a judgment awarding what the litigants did not request, thereby vitiating it by contradiction of the facts established in the papers and requiring its cassation.
Arabic original
قضاء المحكمة بما لم يطلبه الخصوم أو بأكثر مما طلبوه وإدراكها لذلك وتسبيبها لقضائها بشأنه. سبيل الطعن عليه: التمييز. قضاؤها بذلك عن عدم تعمد أو إدراك ودون تسبيب لوجهة نظرها. سبيل الطعن عليه: التماس إعادة النظر. مثال لحكم قضى بما لم يطلبه الخصوم الأمر الذي يعيبه بمخالفة الثابت بالأوراق ويُوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ١٤٣، ١٧٦/٢٠٠١ تجاري جلسة ١٩/٥/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السادس ص٣٦٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 225. PDF pages: 222.

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