(1.) Delay condoned.
(2.) Leave granted in special leave petitions.
(3.) This group of appeals is filed by the Union of India, the State of West Bengal and the State of Uttar Pradesh against a judgment and order dated 31-8-1995 of the Delhi High Court in C.W.P. Nos. 4408 and 4703 of 1993; while the writ petition is filed by the Eastern Indian Motion Picture Association against the Union of India and others. This group of appeals and the writ petition raises a common question of law as to the validity of certain provisions of (1) the West Bengal Cinemas (Regulation) Act, 1954 and a Notification No. 7277-F dated 20-9-1957 issued thereunder, (2) the Cinematograph Act, 1952, (3) the U. P. Cinema (Regulation) Act, 1955 and (4) the Delhi Cinematograph Rules, 1981.