Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2150

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

English translation of the principle

Service of the statement of claim. A condition for the constitution of proceedings. Contravention thereof. Its effect. Extinction of the proceedings and nullity of the judgment, which the court may declare of its own motion. Its ruling that the appealed judgment is void because service of the statement of claim is void. Necessary consequence. It must confine itself to declaring nullity without adjudicating the merits. Example. - 354 - Civil Procedure
Arabic original
إعلان الصحيفة. شرط لانعقاد الخصومة. مخالفة ذلك. أثرها. زوال الخصومة وبطلان الحكم وللمحكمة أن تقضي به من تلقاء نفسها. قضاؤها ببطلان الحكم المستأنف لبطلان إعلان الصحيفة. لازمه. أن تقف عند القضاء بالبطلان دون الفصل في الموضوع. مثال. - ٣٥٤ - المرافعات
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨٣/١٩٩٥ عمالي جلسة ٣/٢/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الرابع ص٣٤٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 354. PDF pages: 351.

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