She received spinning letters from her ex-fiancé
"Abu Dhabi Appeal" supports the ruling of compensation for a girl of 40 thousand dirhams
The Court of Appeal in Abu Dhabi upheld a ruling of the Court of First Instance compelling a young man to pay his previous fiancée 40,000 dirhams in compensation for the material and psychological damages resulting from sending spinning messages to her phone containing the phrases “You are my soul, I miss you, every Eid and your presence in my heart is a feast ».
The court ruled to reject the young man’s appeal to reject the case, in addition to rejecting the opposing appeal submitted by the girl to increase the amount of compensation.
In the details, a girl filed a civil lawsuit against a young man demanding that he be obligated to pay her 250,000 dirhams in compensation for the material and moral damages resulting from sending her messages through the WhatsApp program that include phrases violating public morals.
The criminal court ruled that he was found guilty and fined 40,000 dirhams, while the defendant filed a counterclaim in which he confirmed that the plaintiff was his fiancée, and asked to compel her to pay him 55,000 dirhams for the network value, and the rest of the check value he gave her to prepare the marriage requirements.
In her lawsuit, the girl asserted that she had suffered material damage as a result of the defendant’s actions, represented by the costs of instituting criminal cases before courts of various degrees, amounting to about 100 thousand dirhams, including attorneys ’fees, and obtaining a leave from her employer for a period of four months without salary to pursue the case. She also asked for 150,000 dirhams in compensation for the moral damages he suffered, represented by the defendant defaming her and sending her messages and outrageous pictures.
The defendant filed a counter suit, in which he indicated that the letters he sent to her were during their engagement period, pointing out that he had presented her with gold crafts and “engagement gifts” for five thousand dirhams, and gave the plaintiff a check of 100,000 dirhams to arrange her wedding belongings and personal supplies, bought a car and registered it In her name, in addition to renting an apartment in his name to live in her until the completion of the marriage ceremony.
He explained that after his family came to the state to attend the marriage ceremony, the "plaintiff" evaded the completion of the marriage, so he asked her to return 100 thousand dirhams, gold jewelry and the car, to vacate the apartment he rented, return the car and 50 thousand dirhams, and keep her owed another 50 dirhams in addition to She did not want golden jewelry.
During the hearing of the case, the plaintiff denied the validity of the claims of her former fiancé and requested that the lawsuit be rejected, while the defendant presented a copy of the invoices for the purchase of gold jewelry, and a copy of the checks indicating the sums he had incurred in favor of the plaintiff.
The Court of First Instance ruled, in the original lawsuit, to oblige the defendant to pay the plaintiff in the original form 40 thousand dirhams compensation for the material and moral damages suffered, and obligated him to pay the fees and expenses of the original lawsuit, and the court ruled in the opposite case that it does not have specific jurisdiction to hear the case, and ordered its referral to Abu Dhabi Court Partial.
The two parties did not accept the judgment, so the defendant appealed it with the appeal, requested the ruling to be annulled, and the judgment again to reject the original lawsuit, and in the opposing lawsuit to annul the judgment, and the judgment again to oblige the appellant to pay him 55 thousand dirhams of the sums charged with her with the expenses, while the plaintiff appealed against The judgment and requested the amendment of the judgment and the judgment again in the original lawsuit by obliging the appellant to pay it 250 thousand dirhams in compensation for the material and moral damages, and in the opposite lawsuit, the judgment is canceled and the judgment is once again not accepted for the absence of its relationship to the original lawsuit.
For its part, the Court of Appeal indicated that the Criminal Court settled the matter when it decided in its judgment that the appellant’s letters were in contravention of public morals because there was no proof of an engagement relationship between him and the appellant, or a legitimate bond.
In the corresponding appeal, she pointed out that the value of the attorneys fee contract submitted by the appellant is exaggerated, and the court considers that the appropriate attorney fees for the case are 10 thousand dirhams, and the appellant is not entitled to compensation for the missed gain for the plaintiff to obtain leave without pay for the purpose of pursuing the criminal case, as it was assigned A lawyer to plead on her behalf in the criminal case, and there is no justification for this leave.
The court ruled accepting the two appeals in form, and in their subject matter, rejecting them in support of the appealed ruling, with each appellant being obligated to pay the following expenses, including the appellant's attorney fees.
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