Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1916

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

English translation of the principle

Awarding something not requested by the litigants or more than they requested. Admissibility of a cassation challenge in respect thereof. Its condition. That the court state in its judgment its view of what it awarded and demonstrate that it made the award aware of the true nature of the claims submitted to it and knowing that it was awarding what the litigants had not requested or more than they had requested. The judgment's failure to state that it did not intend to exceed the litigants' claims and that it was awarding them more than they requested. The challenge to it is by a petition for reconsideration. - 309 - Civil Procedure
Arabic original
الحكم بشيء لم يطلبه الخصوم أو بأكثر مما طلبوه. قبول الطعن بالتمييز بشأنه. شرطه. أن تبين المحكمة في حكمها وجهة نظرها فيما حكمت به وإظهارها أنها قضت به مدركة حقيقة ما قدم لها من طلبات وعلمت أنها تقضي بما لم يطلبه الخصوم أو بأكثر مما طلبوه. عدم إيراد الحكم أنه لم يقصد تجاوز طلبات الخصوم وأنه يحكم لهم بأكثر مما طلبوه. الطعن عليه يكون بالتماس إعادة النظر. - ٣٠٩ - المرافعات
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٧٩/٢٠٠٣ إداري جلسة ٣١/٥/٢٠٠٤ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السادس ص٤٤٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 309. PDF pages: 306.

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