In other words, if a law passed ostensibly to give effect to the policy of the State is, in truth and substance, one for accomplishing an unauthorised object, the court would be entitled to tear the veil created by the declaration and decide accord ing to the real nature of the law . " (P. 855 56) Chandrachud, J. observed in the Keshavananda case: " 'Laws passed under Article 31 C can, in my opinion, be upheld only, and only if, there is a direct and reasonable nexus between the law and the directive policy of the State expressed in Article 39 B or C." (P. 996) To the same effect are the observations of the learned Chief Justice in Minerva Mills Ltd. vs UOL. ; " . . the Courts can, under Article 31 C, satisfy themselves as to the identity of the law in the sense whether it bears direct and reasonable nexus with a directive principle." "The only question open to judicial review under the unamended Article 31 C was whether there is a direct and reasonable nexus between the impugned law and the provisions of Article 39(b) and (c)" (P. 261) (Emphasis Supplied) In the same case, Bhagwati, J. observed: " . .