Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1455

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

English translation of the principle

The contradiction that vitiates a judgment. It is that by which its reasons cancel one another out, leaving nothing thereafter on which the judgment can be sustained. - The judgment's determination that multiple diyas are payable for the multiple losses of senses and functions, despite its determination that all the injuries resulted from injury to the brain. A contradiction. Vitiates the judgment.
Arabic original
التناقض الذي يعيب الحكم. هو ما تتماحى به أسبابه بحيث لا يبقى بعدها ما يمكن حمل الحكم عليه. - تقرير الحكم بتعدد الديات المستحقة بتعدد فقد الحواس والمنافع بالرغم من تقريره أن الإصابات جميعها جاءت نتيجة لإصابة المخ. تناقض. يعيب الحكم.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨/١٩٩١ تجاري جلسة ١١/٥/١٩٩٢ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثاني ص٦٤٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 228. PDF pages: 225.

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