Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3434

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

English translation of the principle

A judgment issued as final being based on documents whose forgery was acknowledged or judicially established after its issuance. Its effect. The parties may petition for its reconsideration. - Alleging forgery, in reconsideration proceedings, of a document on which the challenged judgment was based. Impermissible. The reason for this. A petition for reconsideration serves to rectify a judgment based on a forged document, not as a means of proving forgery.
Arabic original
ابتناء الحكم الصادر بصفة نهائية على أوراق حصل بعد صدوره إقرار بتزويرها أو قُضى بتزويرها. أثره. للخصوم التماس إعادة النظر فيه. - الادعاء بالتزوير في دعوى الالتماس في ورقة بنى عليها الحكم الملتمس فيه. لا يجوز. علة ذلك. أن الالتماس غاية لإصلاح حكم بنى على ورقة مزورة وليس وسيلة لإثبات التزوير.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٧/١٩٩٩ تجاري جلسة ١٢/١١/٢٠٠١ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الثاني ص٤٦٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 581. PDF pages: 578.

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