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15. The Supreme Court in Malpe Vishwanath Acharya and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Anr., 1997 (7) SCALE 786, has dealt with the question of a statute being justified when enacted but becoming arbitrary and unreasonable by passage of time. Relying upon the earlier decisions of the Supreme Court in State of Madhya Pradesh v. Bhopal Sugar Industries, ; Narotam Kishore Dev Varma and Ors. v. Union of India and Anr., ; H.H. Shri Swamiji of Admar Mutt, Etc. v. The Commissioner, Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments Department and Ors., ; Bhaiyalal Shukla v. State of Madhya Pradesh, (1962) Suppl. 2 SCR 257; Rattan Arya and Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu and Anr., (1986) 3 SCC 386; and Synthetics and Chemicals Ltd. and Ors. v. State of U.P. and Ors., , it came to the following conclusion: