These notes are written for litigants and for younger members of the Bar. They explain procedure as it operates in the Delhi courts — the sequence of steps, the timelines that matter, and the points at which a matter is commonly lost. They are general information, not advice on any particular case.
No U-Turn In Pleadings: Delhi HC – Advocate Manish Jha
Delhi High Court refuses an amendment that would replace a categorical denial with a contrary defence built on the defendant’s own pre-suit purchase orders.
Read → 19 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateDelayed Arbitral Award Restored – Advocate Manish Jha
A Delhi High Court Division Bench reinstates a ₹65 crore insurance award pronounced two years after being reserved: delay vitiates an award only when unexplained and adversely reflecting on its findings.
Read → 19 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateMSME Reclassification And Claims – Advocate Manish Jha
What happens to MSMED Act protection when an enterprise outgrows micro or small status: the revised 2025 limits, Udyam transition rules, and the time-of-supply principle for delayed-payment claims.
Read → 19 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateChoosing The Recovery Remedy – Advocate Manish Jha
Commercial suit, summary suit, arbitration, MSEFC reference, cheque-bounce prosecution or IBC notice — a decision framework for picking and sequencing the right recovery route for business dues.
Read → 18 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateEmployer Delay, Contractor Paid – Advocate Manish Jha
Delhi High Court upholds an arbitral award of prolongation costs against Delhi Jal Board where 312 of 334 delay days were attributable to departmental hindrances.
Read → 18 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateRepeat Arbitrators, No Bias: HC – Advocate Manish Jha
A Division Bench upholds the SAIL–British Marine award: repeat appointments from a specialised maritime pool create no justifiable doubts, and the challenge was waived.
Read → 18 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateAward Interest Severed by Court – Advocate Manish Jha
Delhi High Court severs an award's unreasoned interest directions as patently illegal while preserving the principal — Section 34 severability at work.
Read → 18 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateWhere to Sue for Unpaid Invoices – Advocate Manish Jha
A recovery decree for unpaid supplies is affirmed in RFA(COMM): the debtor must seek the creditor, and a belated goods-rejection defence without contemporaneous proof fails.
Read → 18 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateWho Counts as an MSME Supplier – Advocate Manish Jha
Not every Udyam-registered business can invoke the MSMED Act's delayed payment chapter — the supplier definition, the trader question and registration timing explained.
Read → 17 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateExtra Work, No Approval: S.34 Fails – Advocate Manish Jha
The Delhi High Court upholds an arbitral award denying payment for additional consultancy work performed without prior written approval, and rejects quantum meruit as a route around the contract.
Read → 17 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateCheque Complainant Is a Victim – Advocate Manish Jha
Applying the Supreme Court's Celestium Financial ruling, the Gujarat High Court holds that a Section 138 complainant may appeal an acquittal as of right under Section 372 CrPC and transfers the appeal to the Sessions Court.
Read → 17 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateNo Bank Witness Recall in 138 Trial – Advocate Manish Jha
Five years into a cheque trial, a plea to summon the bank manager fails: the effect of a bank merger is a question of law, and account records prove themselves without oral testimony.
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The chamber writes on the areas in which it appears: criminal procedure under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, bail practice, matrimonial and family proceedings before the Delhi Family Courts, cheque dishonour and recovery, and proceedings before the NCLT and the Motor Accident Claims Tribunals. Notes on reported judgments of the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Delhi are published with a link to the official text of the decision, so that a reader can verify the position rather than rely on a summary.
No article on this page identifies a client or discusses a pending matter conducted by the chamber. Where a statutory provision is cited, the section number is given so that a reader can verify it against the bare Act.