Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1853

State of Kuwait · Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The Public Investment Authority and the debtor whose bankruptcy is sought to be declared. They may submit proposals concerning a composition preventive of bankruptcy to the court hearing the application for a declaration of bankruptcy. The court may reject it or be lenient toward it. The condition for this. That the suitability of its terms and the agreement of one quarter of the creditors holding half the debts be established before it. A judgment's contravention of this. Vitiates it and necessitates its cassation.
Arabic original
الهيئة العامة للاستثمار والمدين المطلوب شهر إفلاسه. جواز عرضهما على المحكمة المنظور أمامها طلب شهر الإفلاس مقترحات بشأن الصلُح الواقي منه. للمحكمة أن ترفضه أو أن ترفق عليه. شرط ذلك. أن يثبت لها ملاءمة شروطه وموافقة ربع الدائنين الحائزين على نصف الديون. مخالفة الحكم ذلك. يعيبه ويُوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٥٢/٢٠٠١ تجاري جلسة ٢٦/٥/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثالث ص ٨٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 323. PDF pages: 323.

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