Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2252

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

English translation of the principle

Ambiguity or obscurity in the operative part of a judgment. Any litigant may request its interpretation. The implication thereof. Submission of the interpretation application through the ordinary procedures for bringing an action before the court that issued the judgment. That court alone has jurisdiction to hear the interpretation application.. - Issuance of the judgment sought to be interpreted by the court of first instance. Its consequence. Its jurisdiction to hear the application for interpretation of that judgment. Affirmance of that judgment before the Court of Appeal does not preclude this. The court's ruling that it lacks jurisdiction to hear the application for interpretation of the judgment it issued, and its affirmance before the Court of Appeal. An error in the application of the law.
Arabic original
وقوع غموض أو لبس في منطوق الحكم. جواز طلب تفسيره من أي من الخصوم. مفاد ذلك. تقديم طلب التفسير بالإجراءات المعتادة لرفع الدعوى أمام المحكمة التي أصدرت الحكم. اختصاصها دون سواها بنظر طلب التفسير.. - صدور الحكم المطلوب تفسيره من المحكمة الابتدائية. مؤداه. اختصاصها بنظر طلب تفسير هذا الحكم. لا يمنع من ذلك تأييد هذا الحكم أمام محكمة الاستئناف. قضاء المحكمة بعدم اختصاصها بنظر طلب تفسير الحكم الصادر منها وتأييده أمام محكمة الاستئناف. خطأ في تطبيق القانون.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٩٩/٢٠٠٦ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٢٨/١/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٦ ج١ ص٣٨٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 373. PDF pages: 370.

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