Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 790

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

English translation of the principle

The court hearing one litigant or his agent in the absence of his opponent, or accepting documents or memoranda after the close of pleadings without allowing the other litigant to examine them. Impermissible. The judgment treating these documents as not submitted and making no reference to them does not vitiate it. An example. - Failure to respond to an ineffective or immaterial request or defense:-
Arabic original
استماع المحكمة لأحد الخصوم أو وكيله في غيبة خصمه أو قبولها مستندات أو مذكرات بعد إقفال باب المرافعة دون إطلاع الخصم الآخر. لا يجوز. اعتبار الحكم هذه المستندات غير مطروحة وعدم إشارته إليها لا يعيبه. مثال. - إغفال الرد على طلب أو دفاع غير مؤثر أو غير جوهري:-
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢١/١٩٨٨ عمالي جلسة ٢٧/٢/١٩٨٩ مج القسم الثاني المجلد الثاني ص٥٩٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 133. PDF pages: 130.

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