Court declares person missing since 4 yrs died abroad in ‘armed conflict’

Pharmacists allowed to open shop in co-ops

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 12: The Court of Appeals overturned the verdict issued by a lower court which disapproved the death of a missing person. The court instead affirmed his death and the consequences thereof.

Representing the plaintiff was Lawyer Bader Munawar Al-Mutairi, who explained that all the clues shown in the documents in the case file were corroborated by the testimonies of the witnesses that were heard in the court. As per the testimonies, the person has been missing for four years, and nothing is known about him except that he left the country to Turkey and then entered Syria. Investigations revealed that the missing person joined an armed group and has an arrest warrant from (Interpol), due to his affiliation with jihadist groups.

A fact known to the public is the unrest and the dangers in Syria during that period, rendering it difficult to prove his death under the circumstances that prevailed in that region at that time, and not overlooking the fact that the person hasn’t made any contact for the last four years despite efforts to reach him through media.

Lawyer Al-Mutairi indicated that the person is most likely dead, pursuant to article 146 of the Personal Status Law.

Considering that the Court of Appeals reassured the plaintiff by ruling to prove the death of the missing person and the consequences thereof, Lawyer Al-Mutairi praised the Kuwaiti judiciary, affirming that it will always be a beacon of right and justice. He appreciated its important role in establishing and consolidating the principle of the rule of law and preserving the rights of individuals from loss.

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Terminating

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pregnancy:

The Criminal Court presided over by Judge Ahmed Al-Yassin acquitted a Kuwaiti citizen who was accused of using force and assaulting his pregnant wife with the intention of

terminating the pregnancy.

According to the case files, the victim testified that she, four days before the date of the incident, had told her husband that she had conducted a home pregnancy test which affirmed that she was pregnant. This made him angry and he insisted on taking her to a hospital. After the pregnancy was confirmed, he took her to her family’s home where she stayed for a few days. During that period, he called her and asked her to abort her unborn child.

On the day of the incident, she went to the marital home, She was surprised when her husband attempted to be violently intimate with her, forcing her to jump from the bed to the floor. He then hit her in her stomach violently with intention to induce abortion.

Representing the citizen was Lawyer Ali Haidar who argued that the incident attributed to his client was untrue and lacked credibility, insisting that the plaintiff’s state

❑ ❑ ❑ Pharmacists elated: The Secretary-General of the Kuwaiti Pharmaceutical Association (KPA), pharmacist Ali Hadi, praised the verdict of the just Kuwaiti judiciary in favor of the pharmacists and their right to open pharmacies in the cooperative societies, says Al-Seyassah .

In a statement to Al-Seyassah daily, Hadi announced the verdict issued by the Court of Appeals in favor of the pharmacies, and rejecting the request of cooperative societies was in itself a victory.

He said the Kuwaiti Pharmaceutical Association is closely following the procedures for implementing Law 30 of 2016, which enables Kuwaiti pharmacists to manage their pharmacies inside cooperative societies themselves.

He stressed the need to enable the Ministry of Health to implement the

Pharmacy Law based on the ruling of the Court of Appeal and the need to adhere to laws and regulations through the Drug Inspection Department in the Ministry of Health.

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‘Return woman’s money’:

The Court of Appeals ordered a businessman to pay a sum of KD 32,000 to a Kuwaiti woman who was deceived into investing in a dummy project by buying a real estate property in the US.

According to the case file, the Kuwaiti woman was represented by Lawyer Ali Jawhar who said the defendant had tricked his client into believing that he had the ability to buy a real estate property in the US on her behalf. This prompted his client to hand him the money for finalizing the sale process of the real estate.

Previously, the Court of First Instance had acquitted the defendant of all charges, but it referred the case to the civil circuit.