‘Judiciary guarantees justice’
Court Cases
By Jaber Al-Hamoud
KUWAIT CITY, March 13: Lawyer Adel Abdulhadi — in his capacity as attorney of several consultants in the judicial authority — submitted a petition against the unconstitutionality of the law related to Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority.
He affirmed that the reason behind his protest is that the law violates the principle of equality between those who are being addressed by the articles of the law, adding that it also violates articles 30 and 34 of the Kuwaiti Constitution, which guarantees personal freedom and presumption of suspects to be innocent until proven otherwise, in addition to the right for a fair trial.
Lawyer Abdulhadi insisted that the anti-corruption law limits personal liberty in terms of wealth.
Judiciary condoned:
Abdulhadi
Chairman of Supreme Judicial Council, the Court of Cassation and Constitutional Court Advisor Yousef Al-Mutawa said it’s the responsibility of the judiciary to guarantee the kind of justice the people are striving to attain.
While addressing the press at the launch of new Jahra Courts Complex, AlMutawa noted the tools for actualizing justice include providing the right atmosphere for judges and the governing body to enhance this desire. He assured that judges are always ready to deliver justice wherever it may be, because justice is a conscience and passion of every judge. He also said justice delivery is more paramount to judges than buildings and other logistics, except the latter assist in delivering the message of fairness.
He urged the Ministry of Justice under the minister Dr Faleh Al-Azeb to equip the complex quickly and supervise its management, because it is the main support for judges to succeed and achieve the mission among people. He is optimistic such a huge edifice will serve as a major turning point in Kuwait’s judicial system, especially for Jahra residents.
Ex-MP acquitted:
The Court of Cassation rejected the appeal submitted by the Public Prosecution against the verdict issued by the Court of Appeals which had upheld the verdict of the Court of First Instance to acquit former MP Saleh AlMullah. The latter was accused of hostile actions against Egypt and of insulting the Amiri entity through his Twitter account.
The court affirmed that the posts attributed to Al-Mullah do include any aggression, will not affect the Kuwaiti-Egyptian relations and cannot be regarded as offensive to the Amiri entity.
Regarding the third allegation of the misuse of social media and mobile phone, the court said, since the third allegation is connected to the first and second allegations and since the defendant was acquitted from the first and the second allegations, he accordingly is innocent of the third accusation.