Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1799

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

English translation of the principle

Subjecting one adjudication to another of equal level. Is impermissible. - The court’s determination of one of the issues submitted to it. Its effect. Exhaustion of its jurisdiction in respect thereof. It may not determine it again by another ruling. What was adjudicated becoming final. Its implication. Establishment of its binding authority upon both parties to the dispute. Neither may resubmit it, and the court may not determine it again. Example.
Arabic original
تٍسليط 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 فيه 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 الأول ص٧٢٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 288. PDF pages: 285.

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