Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1925

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

English translation of the principle

A decision striking out an action. It is not considered a judgment. The implication. It may not be challenged independently. The invalidity of the striking-out decision may be invoked when proceedings in the action are renewed after striking out. The purpose of this. To escape the renewal time limit prescribed in Article 59/3 of the Procedure Law and the sanction of deeming the action or appeal as never having existed for failure to renew within the time limit. The court's failure to address this defence, its effect. Nullity of the judgment. An example.
Arabic original
قرار شطب الدعوى. عدم اعتباره حكماً. مؤدي ذلك. عدم جواز الطعن عليه استقلالاً. جواز التمسك ببطلان قرار الشطب عند تجديد السير في الدعوى من الشطب. الغاية من ذلك. التخلص من ميعاد التجديد المنصوص عليه في المادة ٥٩/٣ مرافعات ومن جزاء اعتبار الدعوى أو الاستئناف كأن لم يكن بعدم التجديد في الميعاد. عدم رد المحكمة على هذا الدفاع أثره. بطلان الحكم. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٧١/٢٠٠٤ عمالي جلسة ٣٠/٥/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السادس ص٤٥٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 312. PDF pages: 309.

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