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Kuwaiti Court Suspended Prison To A Senior Member Of The Ruling Family13 December 2015A Kuwaiti court has given a suspended prison sentence to Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah, a senior member of the ruling family and a powerbroker in international sport, for quoting...Court Overturns Conviction Of Ruling Family Member27 January 2016An appeals court has overturned a suspended prison sentence against Shaikh Ahmad Al Fahd Al Sabah, a senior member of the ruling family and a power broker in international sport, l...Court Of Appeals Overturned The Ruling Of The First Instance Court In Divorce Case12 January 2017The Personal Status Section in the Court of Appeals overturned the ruling of the First Instance Court that obligated a citizen to pay KD 10,000 to his exwife as deferred dowry. The...Member Of The Ruling Family Was Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison In Libel Suit27 January 2017A member of the ruling family was sentenced to 3 years in prison for defaming the Amir and discrediting State Minister Shaikh Mohammed Al-Abdulla and Shaikh Mubarak Al-Sabah. The...Court Acquitted 5 People And Sentenced First Suspect To 10 Years In Prison14 March 2017The Court of Cassation nullified the verdict of the Court of Appeals that acquitted five people alleged to have joined DAESH and funded some activities of the group. The Appellate...Court Of Appeals Postponed The Ruling In Abdali Cell Case20 March 2017The Court of Appeals postponed until March 26 the ruling in “Abdali Cell” case in which 26 people are standing trial. The Public Prosecution Department had requested ca...Court Sentenced A Youth In His 20s To 3 Years In Prison With Hard Labor05 April 2017The Court of Appeals has nullified the ruling of First Instance Court that sentenced a youth in his 20s to three years in prison with hard labor. The court thereby acquitted the yo...Court Sentenced Kuwaiti Man To Death By Hanging For Murdering His Ex Wife27 April 2017The Court of Appeals upheld the verdict of the Criminal Court that sentenced a Kuwaiti man to death by hanging for murdering his ex-wife. Case files indicate the citizen stabbed hi...Ruling Overruled09 March 2018The Court of Appeals overturned a verdict issued by the Court of First Instance which sentenced an individual to seven-year imprisonment for allegedly issuing fake bank cheques and...Indemnity Ruling In My Favor, But Owner Keeps Zero Balance Bank Account12 March 2018In July 2017, in the case regarding my indemnity the court ruled in my favor. The company’s general manager and owner withdrew all the money from the company account in the b...Court Annuls Ruling In Drugs Case Against Kuwaiti Trio27 September 2018The Court of Appeals has canceled the verdict issued in absentia against two Kuwaiti men and a Kuwaiti woman who were sentenced to three-year imprisonment with hard labor for drug...Oct 30 Ruling In Tmas Missing Files Case12 October 2018The Court of Appeals set Oct 30 for the announcement of its verdict on the TMAS Company missing files case involving 15 individuals. This came after the Public Prosecution appealed...Ruling Annulled As Kuwaiti Acquitted Of Carrying Drugs21 October 2018The Criminal Court cancelled the verdict issued in absentia against a Kuwaiti citizen who was sentenced to two-year imprisonment with hard labor and imposed a fine of KD 1,000 over...Parliament’s Move To Reject Court Ruling Must Be Discussed01 November 2018Legal and constitutional implications after Parliament rejected lifting two Kuwaiti lawmakers’ parliamentary privileges should be “discussed and dealt with,” Kuwa...Woman Granted Right To Look After Child In First-ever Ruling15 November 2020The Family Circuit of the Court of Appeals granted a woman the right to take decisions concerning her child’s health. This is the first ruling issued following an amendment t...