1. Human rights, as being fundamental to life and civil liberties, as guaranteed through Constitution and other laws, when put through the prism of Court machinery obtain a refraction of diverse hues of reliefs for different categories of persons. The scenario unfolds poignantly more in the context of denial of rights and liberties than their positive assertions. The courts, they are, who invariably play the vital link between rights and their enforcement. If we have come by a situation in Tamil Nadu where human rights transgressions are not alarmingly high but minimal, if we may say modestly, we need to deduce that it is in no small measure due to the role of our courts, more particularly the Madras High Court. 2. The triad of fundamental freedoms of expression, movement and association found the first affirmation in A.K.Gopalan [1] and V.G.Row, the names that are etched into constitutional history via the Madras High Court. His challenge to preventive detention law only ...