BHIKAJI NARAIN DHAKRAS Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This judgment will dispose of all the five petitions (Nos. 189 to 193 of 1955) which have been heard together and which raise the same question as to the constitutional validity of the C. P. and Berar Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 1947 (Act III of 1948).

(2.) The facts are short and simple. Each of the petitioners has been carrying on business as stage carriage operator for a considerab1e number of years under permits granted under S. 58, Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (Central Act IV of 1939) as amended by the C. P. and Berar Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 1947 (Act III of 1948).

(3.) Prior to the amendment S. 58, Motor Vehicles Act 1939 was in the following terms: