Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3456

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

English translation of the principle

Fraud on which a petition for reconsideration is based. Its nature: it is fraud committed by the person in whose favour judgment was rendered in the action on its basis, against which the court had no opportunity to guard when relying on it because the party against whom judgment was rendered did not refute it - 585 - Procedure owing to ignorance of it and its concealment from that party. Its condition. That it influenced the court's opinion. Article 148, Procedure. An example concerning denial of lineage.
Arabic original
الغش الذي ينبني عليه التماس إعادة النظر. ماهيته : هو الذي يقع ممن حكم لصالحه في الدعوى بناء عليه ولم يتح للمحكمة الاحتراز عند أخذها به لعدم دحض المحكوم عليه له - ٥٨٥ - المرافعات لجهله به وخفاء أمره عليه. شرطه. أن يكون قد أثر في رأي المحكمة. م ١٤٨ مرافعات. مثال بشأن إنكار نسب.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٨٠/٢٠٠٨ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٢٨/٥/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٧ ج٢ ص٤٠٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 585. PDF pages: 582–583.

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