Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 728

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

English translation of the principle

The court’s endeavour to reconcile the spouses before ruling on the wife’s action for divorce on grounds of harm. Obligatory upon it. Its relation to public policy. The court’s inability to achieve such reconciliation. Its necessary consequence. It must undertake arbitration procedures. What suffices to state the judgment’s reasons on this basis.
Arabic original
سعى المحكمة للإصلاح بين الزوجين قبل الحكم في دعوى الزوجة التطليق للضرر. واجب عليها. تعلقه بالنظام العام. تعذر هذا الإصلاح على المحكمة. لازمه. عليها اتخاذ إجراءات التحكيم. ما يكفي لتسبيب الحكم في هذا الأساس.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٤/١٩٩٤ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٢/٢/١٩٩٥ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثاني ص٦٤٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 124. PDF pages: 121.

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