Abu Dhabi Court obligated her to pay 20,000 dirhams

A Gulf woman demands 5 million dirhams in compensation for insulting him

The Abu Dhabi Court of First Instance ruled that a woman must pay 20,000 dirhams to a Gulf man in compensation for the moral and psychological damages resulting from his insulting and slandering him, which led to the injury of his reputation, dignity and insult in front of his family.

In the details, Khaleeji filed a lawsuit against a woman who demanded to oblige her to pay him five million dirhams in compensation for material and moral damages, and to oblige her to pay fees and expenses, for sending messages that included insulting, slanderous, humiliating and obscene words against him, and his wife was accused of committing indecency and adultery, and a judgment was issued against her Penal by imprisonment for two months, with a three-year suspension of execution, for the accusation against it and forcing it to pay the judicial fee and refer the subsidiary civil case to the civil circuit of the court for jurisdiction. Judicial and attorney’s fees for the criminal case, the expenses of the present case, and the subsequent expenses of executing the judgment for all degrees of litigation, and his changing his phone numbers and that of his wife, in order to avoid pursuing the defendant and her insistence on harassing him, as well as psychological damage to his reputation, dignity and feeling.Despair, frustration and humiliation in front of his family.

The woman’s attorney argued that the penal judgment was not for the penal court to suspend the execution of the penal judgment, and requested that the case not be accepted for the plaintiff’s failure to provide evidence of the finality of the penal judgment. The court stated in the rationale for the ruling, that it was clear in the papers that the mistake made by the defendant insulted the plaintiff, and she was convicted of it and sentenced the accused to two months’ imprisonment with a three-year stay of execution. Noting that the ruling does not affect the criminal court's suspension of its implementation, as a ruling was issued convicting the defendant of the act for which the plaintiff is seeking compensation.

The court pointed out that the defendant’s error was established as stated in the penal judgment, and this error caused the plaintiff moral and psychological damage, which was the injury of his reputation and dignity, his feeling of despair, frustration and humiliation in front of his family, and psychological fatigue and exhaustion, which makes the request for moral compensation came on the basis of reality. The law is worthy of acceptance, and it ruled obligating the defendant to pay the plaintiff an amount of 20,000 dirhams, as compensation for the moral damages he sustained, and obligated the defendant to pay the costs of the lawsuit.

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