Al Ain Court fines man Dhs20,000 for harassment
ABU DHABI: The Al Ain Court of First Instance obligated a person to pay Dhs20,000 to another, whom he annoyed with phone calls and through telecommunications services. In the details, a person filed a lawsuit against another in which he requested that he be obligated to pay Dhs5,000 in compensation for the material and moral damages he incurred, in addition to fees and expenses of the lawsuit and the lawyer’s fees. The appellant indicated that the appellee used to harass him over the phone and other communications services, adding that he was convicted of the charge before.
The appellant’s lawyer submited to the court a memorandum which included correcting his requests, where he demanded that the appellee be obligated to pay the appellant Dhs200,000 in compensation for the material and moral damages he incurred, and 12% interest from the date of filing the lawsuit until full payment, in addition to fees and expenses of the case and the lawyer’s fees.
The court explained that appellee’s mistake was proved and caused harm to the appellant, including psychological pain. Therefore, the court obligated the appellee to pay the appellant a compensation of Dhs20,000. Recently, the Abu Dhabi Family, Civil and Administrative Cases Court obligated a couple to pay Dhs500,000 for fraudulently buying a person’s car against a non-cashable forged cheque and using a false name. Earlier, a car owner filed a lawsuit in which he requested the court to obligate three people top ayhimdhs 405,000, this being the price of the car they had stolen, plus Dhs100,000 as a compensation with a 12 per cent interest.
He explained that ater he offered his car for sale on an electronic plaform, he received a call from a woman who negotiated the price with him but he insisted on the offered price, he said .“the woman told him that her husband agreed to buy the car. When the woman came to see the car owner, she told him that her husband could not come and instead sent her to hand the cheque over to him,” car owner added.
Later, the husband transferred the ownership of the car in the name of a third person, but when the car owner tried to cash the cheque, it turned out that it was forged, so he reported the incident to the police and a lawsuit was filed under which the couple were convicted.