When proper to life is threatened, proper to apply faith can take a backseat: Madras HC

The proper to apply faith can take a backseat when proper to life is underneath risk, the Madras High Court mentioned on Friday.
“The right to practice religion is certainly subservient to the right to life and when the right to life is threatened, the right to practice religion can only take a backseat,” the primary bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy mentioned.
The courtroom can’t intervene in such issues until it finds that the state’s motion is totally arbitrary or utterly with out foundation, the bench added.
The courtroom was disposing of a PIL petition praying for a path to the Tamil Nadu authorities to reopen all locations of worship within the state, with none restriction, which had been initially closed as a result of lockdown arising out of Covid-19 pandemic.

The state authorities, nevertheless, had ordered reopening of temples from June 28, topic to sure Covid-19 security restrictions.
The courtroom identified that the State had obtained the recommendation of consultants and thought of numerous elements together with crowding at locations of worship and therefore, continued with the restrictions.

The bench additionally disposed of one other PIL petition searching for to renew common bus providers after holding that it’s for the State authorities and never the courtroom to take a name on the difficulty.
The second wave of the pandemic just isn’t but over and there may be additionally a threat of a 3rd wave, the judges identified.