KUWAIT CITY, Oct 28: The Personal Affairs Section of the Cassation Court obligated a Kuwaiti man to pay KD 5,000 to his ex-wife to buy a car, in addition to monthly payments of KD 200 for the maintenance allowance of his sons and KD 50 for a maid.
The plaintiff’s lawyer Ali Al-Wawan said his client greatly suffered during her seven-year marriage to her ex-husband who officially got married to an expatriate woman and set up another house for her. He allegedly did not inform his first wife of the marriage.
Al-Wawan said the ex-husband used to go to meet the second wife under the pretext of traveling abroad on business trips. The ex-husband allegedly started neglecting the first wife and children so much so that the children’s school fees were also not paid. This, said Al-Wawan, forced his client to resort to the court.

MPs sued in graft: A group of citizens represented by counselors Fawaz Al-Mikhled and Abdulaziz Al-Benwan sued some lawmakers and local banks over the suspicious multimillion bank deposits through which the accounts of some lawmakers have been referred to Public Prosecution.
The plaintiffs demanded KD 5,001 temporary compensation, urging the lawmakers must be compelled to swear an oath in court. They explained the lawmakers maintained divergent stances on declaring their assets, as rumor about some of them engaging in graft to misrepresent the electorate spread. The plaintiffs believe the judiciary is the right arbiter, after Almighty God, in situations of this nature. For this reason, they resorted to the court of law.

Hearing set for Dec 7: The Court of Appeals adjourned lawsuit against four people alleged to have embezzled funds at the Kuwait Oil Tankers Company (KOTC) to Dec 7 to study the case file.
Public Prosecution raised 13 charges against the respondents in relation to misappropriation of public funds, as they allegedly used their positions as contract and supplies supervisors to enrich themselves by illegitimately collecting profits and commissions plus other related activities they carried out in the company.
A lower court already ordered the respondents to refund $100 million, £78,000 sterling and KD 58,000.

10 years jail upheld: The Criminal Division of the Court of Cassation, presided by Judge Saleh Al-Houti has upheld the verdict of the lower court and sentenced a Kuwaiti man to 10 years imprisonment, reports Al-Anba daily.
The court also fined the plaintiff KD 1,000 in a State Security crime No. 7/2010.
The man was accused of spreading false rumors about the internal security in Kuwait on the YouTube website and publicly questioned the rights and powers of HH the Amir in addition to possessing an unlicensed gun and ammunition.

Court acquits citizen: The Appeal Court recently overturned the verdict of a lower court and acquitted a Kuwaiti man who had been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for trespassing into a private property with the intent to commit a crime, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.
The court has also acquitted the man of all charges.
Case papers indicate a Kuwaiti woman, whose identity has not been disclosed, had filed the case against the defendant accusing him of forcing his way into the house by breaking the door and looking for her maid.
She added she was not at home when the man broke into the home and that she was informed of the incident by her teenage son who was at home when the alleged crime was committed. She also said a neighbor had witnessed the whole incident.
In court, the defense attorney Ali Al-Wawan told the court there was no evidence to prove the charges against his client.
Moreover the neighbor refused to testify in court and there were no evidence that the man had forcefully entered the house as claimed by the plaintiff.