Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1632

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

English translation of the principle

The authority of res judicata barring the resubmission of the dispute. Its criterion. The parties’ contesting the matter in the first action and its truth being settled between them by the first judgment. The necessary consequence: it may not be discussed anew in the second judgment. - Binding authority attaches to the grounds of the judgment closely connected to the operative part.
Arabic original
حجية الأمر المقضي المانعة من إعادة طرح النزاع. المناط فيها. تناضل الطرفين في الدعوى الأولى واستقرار حقيقتها بينهما بالحكم الأول. لازم ذلك: عدم إعادة مناقشتها في الحكم الثاني. - الحجية تلحق أسباب الحكم المتصلة اتصالاً وثيقاً بالمنطوق.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٣٥/٢٠٠٣ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٦/٥/٢٠٠٤ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السادس ص٤١٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 254. PDF pages: 251.

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