Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 415

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

English translation of the principle

One of the judges who issued the judgment being absent from the hearing for its pronouncement owing to an impediment, signing its draft containing its operative part and reasons, and another judge replacing him at its pronouncement. This must be recorded in the judgment, otherwise it is void. - 84 - Civil Procedure - The expression 'the judges who issued the judgment.' Its meaning: those who adjudicated the action, not those who attended the reading of the judgment. The criterion in this respect. The particulars recorded in the judgment, supplemented by what appears in the hearing minutes concerning this.
Arabic original
تخلف أحد القضاة الذي أصدروا الحكم عن حضور جلسة النطق به لمانع وتوقيعه على مسودته المشتملة على منطوقه وأسبابه وحلول غيره محله وقت النطق به. وجوب إثبات ذلك في الحكم وإلا لحقه البطلان. - ٨٤ - المرافعات - عبارة القضاة الذين أصدروا الحكم. مقصودها: هم الذين فصلوا في الدعوى لا الذين حضروا تلاوة الحكم. المناط في ذلك. البيانات المثبتة بالحكم على أن تكمل بما يرد بمحضر الجلسة في خصوصه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٦٠/٢٠٠١ تجاري جلسة ٢٥/١١/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السادس ص٢٧٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 84. PDF pages: 81–82.

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