SCA 239/2019
This case involved a claim by a building contractor that his employer had failed to pay workers' wages. The defendant claimed the evidence shown by the contractor was invalid. The defendant had failed to attend the hearing and the contractor took the oath. It was stated the defendant should have been the one to take the oath to settle the dispute.
Background
A contractor filed a case against a defendant before the court. He requested the court to order the defendant to pay him 33691 Riyals. He said that he had finished some contracting work for the defendant but the latter had failed to pay the wages for the workers.
The defendant claimed that the bills and the statements provided by the contractor were invalid.
The court said that the case documents revealed that the defendant had failed to attend the court hearings. The court said that the contractor took the oath in order to prove his claims.
The court ruled that the defendant should pay the contractor the amount.