Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1891

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

English translation of the principle

A judgment issued with final effect being based on documents whose forgery was admitted or judicially established after its issuance. Its effect. The parties may petition for its reconsideration. - An allegation of forgery in the reconsideration proceedings concerning a document on which the judgment sought to be reconsidered was based. Impermissible. The rationale for this. A petition for reconsideration is a means of correcting a judgment based on a forged document, not a means of establishing forgery.
Arabic original
ابتناء الحكم الصادر بصفة نهائية على أوراق حصل بعد صدوره إقرار بتزويرها أو قضى بتزويرها. أثره. للخصوم التماس إعادة النظر فيه. - الادعاء بالتزوير في دعوى الالتماس في ورقة بنى عليها الحكم الملتمس فيه. لا يجوز. علة ذلك. أن الالتماس غاية لإصلاح حكم بني على ورقة مزورة وليس وسيلة لإثبات التزوير.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٧/١٩٩٩ تجاري جلسة ١٢/١١/٢٠٠١ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الرابع ص٣٢٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 304. PDF pages: 301.

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