Important cases heard by Supreme Court on July 24
* SC stayed the Bombay HC verdict acquitting all 12 accused in the 2006 Mumbai train bomb blasts case but said they need not return to jail.
* SC called the Karnataka HC's decision to grant bail to Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa and six others in the Renukaswamy murder case a "perverse exercise' of discretionary power.
* SC expressed the possibility of remanding on July 25 the matter over the stay of movie "Udaipur Files - Kanhaiya Lal Tailor Murder" back to the high court.
* SC agreed to examine a plea seeking contempt action against Assam government authorities for allegedly violating the top court directives during its demolition exercise in Goalpara district.
* SC agreed to list a batch of pleas questioning the delay on the part of the central government in appointment of judges after the collegium reiterated their names.
* SC agreed to hear on July 28 a plea questioning whether BS VI-compliant vehicles should have an end-of-life period of 15 years for petrol variants and 10 years for diesel variants in the National Capital Region.
* SC agreed to hear on July 28 a plea of West Bengal government against the Calcutta HC decision staying the new list of other backward classes .
* SC agreed to hear next week a plea challenging the appointment of Jharkhand DGP Anurag Gupta claiming the due process was not followed.
* SC dismissed a plea alleging bogus voting registration, saying the court's PIL jurisdiction was being "misused and abused".
* SC dismissed a plea to appoint an expert committee to conduct a comprehensive study on the adverse impact of direct cash benefit, freebies and other state-sponsored schemes
* SC dismissed a plea to ensure installation of six airbags in passenger vehicles and said the matter was exclusively within the policy domain.
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