Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 442

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

English translation of the principle

The adjudication contained in the operative part of the judgment, rather than the reasons, is what is relied upon and acquires res judicata effect, to the exclusion of the reasons, unless those reasons include determination of all or some of the issues in dispute on which the operative part is based.
Arabic original
قضاء الحكم الذي يرد في المنطوق دون الأسباب هو المعول عليه والذي يحوز حجية الأمر المقضي دون الأسباب ما لم تكن هذه الأسباب قد تضمنت الفصل في أوجه النزاع الذي أقيم عليها المنطوق كلها أو بعضها.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ١٩٩، ٢٥٠/٢٠٠٠ إداري جلسة ٢٠/١١/٢٠٠٠ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الرابع ص١٧١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 88. PDF pages: 85.

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