ISSUE:
Whether the approval of the nationalization scheme by the State Government violated the principles of natural justice?
Whether the procedure adopted in delegating the hearing of objections to the Secretary, instead of the decision-making authority, was legally valid?
Whether Chapter IV-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, amounted to colourable legislation infringing on the petitioners’ fundamental rights?
RULE:
Principles of natural justice require an impartial authority to hear and decide disputes.
Delegation of duties in quasi-judicial acts must comply with statutory requirements.
A law is termed "colourable legislation" if it indirectly achieves what cannot be done directly.
Administrative actions affecting fundamental rights must adhere to due process.
The Constitution allows reasonable restrictions on fundamental rights in the public interest, but such restrictions must meet proportionality tests.