It hurt his feelings and hurt him psychologically
50 thousand dirhams in compensation to a doctor for the "WhatsApp" message
The court of first instance convicted the defendant and fined him 250 thousand dirhams
A young man, holding a doctorate degree, filed a lawsuit with the Abu Dhabi Court of First Instance against his brother, demanding that he pay him an amount of one million dirhams in compensation for the moral and moral damage he suffered, and his obligation to pay fees, expenses and attorney fees, for having insulted him through a message on WhatsApp Father, ”saying,“ Respect yourself and know your size, ”while the court ordered the defendant to compensate his brother with an amount of 50 thousand dirhams.
The details of the case are due to the defendant's slandering of his brother through a message on WhatsApp, in which he said, “You respect yourself and know your size. You are a doctor who is supposed to know the consequences more than others, but apparently this is an Express testimony. With your costs, I have been excused from being warned. The most important thing is to know the cost of any betrayal you settle. ”
The plaintiff opened a criminal complaint against his brother, and a criminal case was released at the family prosecution office, in which the prosecution accused the defendant of having assigned the victim an incident that would make him subject to contempt by others, and that was through the information network through the WhatsApp program, as Shown in the papers. The defendant was tried in the criminal case, before the Abu Dhabi Court of First Instance, which sentenced him in presence to convict him of the charge against him, and punished him with a fine of 250 thousand dirhams, and charge him criminal fees, with the confiscation of the device used in the crime, and the defendant did not accept this ruling, so he appealed against it before a court The appeal, which ruled in absentia accepting the appeal formally, and in the matter amending the appealed judgment to fine the appellant 50 thousand dirhams, and obligated him to pay fees, and the defendant did not accept the judgment of appeal, so he appealed against him before the Court of Cassation, which ruled that the appeal is not permissible, and the appellant is required to pay the due legal fee, along with the order With the confiscation of the security deposit.
The court explained in its ruling that the defendant’s mistake is fixed as mentioned above, because that mistake caused harm to the plaintiff’s feelings, caused him distress and moral pain, and resulted in psychological and moral damage to the plaintiff, which makes the request for compensation for the moral and moral damage came on the basis of From reality and law, it is worthy of admission.
She added that by looking at the expressions that the defendant addressed to the plaintiff, it constituted a defamation in the scientific certificates obtained by the plaintiff, and diminished his scientific capabilities, and the court ruled obliging the defendant to pay the plaintiff an amount of 50 thousand dirhams in compensation for the moral and moral damage that he suffered, while obliging him to fees and expenses.