KUWAIT CITY, Jan 25: The Civil and Commercial Section at the Court of First Instance has instructed an airline to pay KD 2,000 compensation to a citizen for the delay of his flight.
According to the plaintiff, he purchased tickets for his family to spend the Eid Al-Adha holidays in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Their flight was scheduled at 11:00 pm but it was delayed until 11:00 am the following day, causing great inconvenience to the citizen and his family. 
Attorney Mohammad Thear Al-Otaibi, the plaintiff’s lawyer, argued the airline should bear the responsibility for the errors committed by its staff. He said his client suffered due to the delay, considering he was traveling with small children.

Decision revoked: The Administrative Section at the Court of First Instance revoked Wednesday the decision of Health Ministry Undersecretary Dr Ibrahim Al-Abdulhadi to terminate the services of Kuwait Medical Association Chairperson Dr Hussein Al-Khabaz from the ministry.
The court also cancelled all steps taken in line with the undersecretary’s decision from April 3, 2011 until the day of issuing the verdict. It also ordered Al-Abdulhadi to pay KD 5,001 as compensation for damages caused by the decision.

No penalties imposed: The Court of Appeals, presided over by Judge Ibrahim Al-Obaid, on Wednesday refrained from imposing penalties on 72 citizens accused of embezzling public funds through the collection of money from the Government Manpower and Restructuring Program (GMRP).
Earlier, the Criminal Court sentenced one of the accused to seven years in jail with hard labor and ordered return of the embezzled amount (KD 31,000), while 20 were sentenced to three years imprisonment with hard labor but were allowed bail of KD 1,000 each, and refrained from sentencing 51 others provided they pay KD 1,000 and sign a pledge of good conduct for two years.

Verdict upheld: The Court of Appeals upheld the verdict of a lower court that had previously dismissed a lawsuit filed by Shuruq Al-Failakawi, demanding the acceptance of her application to the post of junior legal researcher.
Al-Failakawi sued the minister of Justice and chairperson of the Supreme Judicial Council for rejecting her application. She also demanded the suspension of the implementation of the minister’s decision to appoint only male graduates from the Faculty of Law as junior legal researcher.