BCC 281/2006

This case involved a request for Bahraini nationality and a passport which was refused due to a parentage dispute. Although there was a previous Sharia court ruling the son had not been a party to that case so it could not be used as evidence in this case.

Background

A claimant and his son filed a case against a defendant before the court requesting the defendant issue a passport for the son. The claimant said that his son was born in Bahrain and that he was a Bahraini citizen but the defendant refused to issue a passport for him.

The court ruled that the defendant should issue a passport for the son.

The defendant appealed the ruling before the court. The court dismissed the appealed ruling and dismissed the case.

Decision

The claimant and the son appealed the ruling before the court of cassation and said in their grounds of appeal that the ruling had erred in the application of law and said that the court established its ruling based on a ruling issued by the Sharia court although the son was not a party in that case.