Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1553

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

English translation of the principle

An appeal transfers the action in the state in which it stood before the appealed judgment was rendered, only as regards that against which the appeal was brought. The first-instance ruling that was not challenged. Its becoming final and unappealable. Example.
Arabic original
الاستئناف ينقل الدعوى بحالتها التي كانت عليها قبل صدور الحكم المستأنف بالنسبة لما رفع عنه الاستئناف فقط. قضاء أول درجة الذي لم يطعن عليه. صيرورته باتاً. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٢/١٩٩٦ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٢٣/١١/١٩٩٦ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثاني ص٦٩٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 242. PDF pages: 239.

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