Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3417

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

English translation of the principle

Awarding what the litigants did not request or more than they requested, where this was not the result of an inadvertent oversight by the court that rendered the judgment. The means of correcting it. An appeal in cassation, not a petition for reconsideration.
Arabic original
القضاء بما لم يطلبه الخصوم أو بأكثر مما طلبوه إذا لم يكن نتيجة سهو غير متعمد من المحكمة التي أصدرت الحكم. وسيلة تصحيحه. الطعن بالتمييز وليس بالتماس إعادة النظر.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٨/١٩٩٤ مدني جلسة ٣١/١٠/١٩٩٤ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الأول ص٧٢٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 578. PDF pages: 575.

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