Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 862

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

English translation of the principle

The court is bound by the litigants' claims in the action. The record contains nothing indicating that the appellants maintained a request to restore the contracting parties to the position they occupied when contracting. Its effect. The judgment is not vitiated if it does not address it.
Arabic original
تقيد المحكمة بطلبات الخصوم في الدعوى. خلو الأوراق مما يدل على تمسك الطاعنين بطلب إعادة المتعاقدين إلى الحالة التي كانا عليها عند العقد. أثره. لا يعيب على الحكم إن هو لم يعرض له.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٣٨/١٩٩٤ تجاري جلسة ١٨/١٢/١٩٩٤ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثاني ص٦٥١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 142. PDF pages: 139.

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