Recently an
Ajman court ruling on “
sufficient compensation” for the death of a 5 year old schoolgirl immensely disturbed me. The court had refused the Indian parent’s claim of Dhs 3 million blood money, and thus ruled that Dhs 100,000 was a sufficient compensation.
The news started me thinking on some basic moral, judicial and human issues:
- How does one decide the price of a life? Especially a 5 year-old school girl?
- What would have been the case if the schoolgirl was a national? Definitely it would have been more?
- Is Dhs 100,000 enough? Or for that matter is even a Dhs 3 million enough?
- Can money really replace the life of a child?
- Or is the driver really punished if he pays a blood money, sent to jail and his licence revoked for a month?
Personally I feel that the price of life can never be equated against blood money. How can one really decide the price for a life on which rested the dreams of the parents, the years of emotional journeys of giving birth and seeing a life grow up? With all due respects for the judicial system of this country, while the law of paying blood money is definitely well respected, I do not think any jury (or any person) can decide the value of this.
While the final verdict is still subject to appeal to Supreme Court, what do you think of this? Let’s hear it…
(see comments posted on UAE Community blog)
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