Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 418

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

English translation of the principle

The judgment's omission of the names of the judges who heard the pleadings and participated in issuing the judgment. Its effect. Nullity of the judgment. - The judges who participated in the deliberation. They must attend the reading of the judgment. An impediment affecting one of them. Its effect. He must sign the draft judgment, and the judgment document itself must state that the judge who did not attend its pronouncement participated in the deliberation and signed its draft. Contravention thereof. Its effect. Nullity of the judgment on grounds of public policy. Recording this in the hearing minutes is insufficient.
Arabic original
إغفال الحكم بيان أسماء القضاة الذين سمعوا المرافعة واشتركوا في إصدار الحكم. أثره. بطلان الحكم. - القضاة الذين اشتركوا في المداولة. وجوب حضورهم تلاوة الحكم. حدوث مانع لأحدهم. أثره. وجوب أن يوقع على مسودة الحكم وأن يبين في ذات ورقة الحكم أن القاضي الذي لم يحضر النطق به قد اشترك في المداولة ووقع على مسودته. مخالفة ذلك. أثره. بطلان الحكم بطلاناً متعلقاً بالنظام العام. لا يكفى إثبات ذلك في محضر الجلسة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٥٧/٢٠٠٣ تجاري جلسة ٣/٥/٢٠٠٤ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السادس ص٢٧١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 85. PDF pages: 82.

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