The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India c8.s1.11

c8.s1.11

And here is a case of the year 1990. Sunil Vadhera was employed with M/s. Archirodo Construction (Overseas) Co., Riyadh. He died in an accident caused by a Creek national of M/s. Saboo. The defender deposited 1,00,000 Saudi *riyals* or Rs. 4.65 lakh with the Saudi government as compensation for death. But the Shariat Saudi court has ruled that as the deceased was a Hindu, as per Shariat law he was entitled to Saudi *riyals* 6,666.66 only or Rs.30,000. This is just about one-fifteenth of the compensation that the parents would have got if their son was a Muslim.³⁰