Communal tension affects right to life: SC

A constant atmosphere of communal tension is a violation of the citizen’s right to life, the Supreme Court emphasised on Friday as it reproached the Maharashtra government for failing to stop the 199293 Mumbai communal riots that left 900 people dead and more than 2,000 injured. “...If citizens are forced to live in an atmosphere of communal tension, it affects their right to life guaranteed by Article 21... We cannot allow the victims to suffer only because there was a delay in the disposal of this writ petition,” held the court.