The “appeal” refused to increase the compensation and upheld the first-degree ruling

270 Thousand Dirhams Punishment for a Young Man for Insulting a Girl via WhatsApp

The Abu Dhabi Court of Appeal rejected a lawsuit to cancel a compensation ruling of 20 thousand dirhams for a girl who had been cursed by a young man via WhatsApp, and judged again to assess compensation for damages, especially since the young man was sentenced to a criminal judgment fine of 250 thousand dirhams for the same charge, and the court ruled to reject the case and uphold the ruling The appellant, and obligating the appellant to pay the expenses.

In the details, a girl filed a lawsuit against a young man, for having insulted her through the social media program "Whatsapp", and he was referred to the judiciary, where the misdemeanor court ruled to punish him for the accusation against him with a fine of 250 thousand dirhams, and in the civil lawsuit by referring her to the civil court, the verdict was upheld. The penalty for the appeal is what prompts the victim to file a lawsuit by compelling him to compensate her for the material and moral damages sustained by her as a result of the unlawful act, while obliging him to pay fees, expenses and attorney fees.

The court of first instance decided to compel the young man to pay the plaintiff 20 thousand dirhams in compensation for the moral harm he had suffered, and obligated the defendant to pay the expenses and an amount of 200 dirhams in exchange for attorney fees, and it rejected all other requests from that, and the court did not receive acceptance from the plaintiff, so she challenged him with the appeal, and demanded acceptance The appeal, in form and in the matter, to cancel the appealed judgment, and to judge again to assess the compulsory compensation, and to charge the appellant against fees and expenses and in return for attorney fees for the two degrees of litigation.

During the appeals hearings, the appellant girl attended in person and submitted a memorandum explaining the reasons for the appeal in which she cited the appealed judgment as a mistake in the application of the law, failure to cause and corruption in the reasoning, and she asked the court to amend the appealed judgment and the judiciary again to increase the compensation awarded to redress the material and moral damages she suffered as a result of the appellant’s error. Against him, while a lawyer on behalf of the appellant attended and submitted a reply note requesting the rejection of the appeal and the confirmation of the appealed judgment, and obligating the appellant to pay the fees and expenses.

The Court of Appeal clarified in the merits of its judgment that the decision is made to judge and legally that the compensation assessment is a matter of fact that is independent at the discretion of a court, and the judgment decided an amount of 20 thousand dirhams as compensation for it for all moral damages suffered, indicating that the court of first degree followed the law and did not violate it and relied on In its ruling, according to the papers presented in the case file and to what was settled by the Abu Dhabi Court of Cassation, its ruling was correct from defects and shortcomings and did not prejudice the right of the appellant.

The Court of Appeal confirmed that the amount of compensation awarded by a court of first instance is appropriate and compelling for the damage caused to the appellant and is sufficient to cover the moral damage caused by the non-material reason, due to the lack of evidence regarding it, and the court decided to accept the appeal formally, and in the matter to reject it and confirm the appealed judgment, and oblige the appellant to pay the expenses of her appeal .

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