03 December 2007

Court orders brothers to pay diya for girl’s death

The Federal Supreme Court recently ordered three brothers to pay blood money (diya) to the family of a girl who got electrocuted while drinking water from a water cooler installed by the brothers in front of their house as charity.

The apex court ruling on Wednesday said the fact that the water cooler was installed as a charity is no justification for neglecting its maintenance, which led to the death of the girl. The incident happened two years ago.
The court ordered the brothers to pay Dh50,000 collectively as diya to the family of the girl. Source

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