Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4176

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

English translation of the principle

A female employee of Kuwait Oil Company whose husband dies. She is not entitled to payment of the social allowance prescribed for the married category. The judgment’s departure from this. An error in applying the law requiring its cassation.
Arabic original
الموظفة في شركة نفط الكويت التي يتوفى عنها زوجها. لا يحق لها صرف العلأوة الاجتماعية المقررة لفئة المتزوجين. مخالفة الحكم ذلك. خطأ في نطبيق القانون يُوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٩/٩٨ عمالي جلسة ٤/١/١٩٩٩ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٥٣٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 819. PDF pages: 819.

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