Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1625

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

English translation of the principle

Subjecting a judicial ruling to another judicial ruling of equal degree. Impermissible. - The court's determination of an issue presented to it. Its effect. Exhaustion of its jurisdiction over that issue. It may not determine it again by another ruling. What has been adjudicated becoming final. Its implication. Establishment of its binding res judicata effect upon both parties to the dispute. Neither may raise it anew, nor may the court adjudicate it again. Example.
Arabic original
تٍٍسليط قضاء على قضاء مساو له في الدرجة. غير جائز. - فصل المحكمة في مسألة من المسائل المعروضة عليها. أثره. استنفاد ولايتها بالنسبة لها. عدم جواز معاودة فصلها فيها بقضاء آخر. صيرورة ما قُضى به نهائياً. مؤداه. ثبوت حجيته الملزمة لطرفي النزاع. عدم جواز إعادة طرحه من أيهما وليس للمحكمة إعادة الفصل فيه. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٠٤/٢٠٠١ عمالي جلسة ١٥/٩/٢٠٠٣ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السادس ص٤١١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 253. PDF pages: 250.

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