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.
Acquittal Reversed Under S.354A: Delhi HC – Advocate Manish Jha
The Delhi High Court reversed a 2016 acquittal, convicting under Section 354A IPC while holding POCSO inapplicable for want of proof of age — with directions on dignity in cross-examination.
Read → 10 August 2026 · Criminal LawBail in Murder Trials: Two Delhi HC Orders – Advocate Manish Jha
On 7 August 2026 the same bench refused bail in one murder case and granted it in another. What the contrasting orders teach about evidence, parity and long custody.
Read → 10 August 2026 · Criminal LawQuashing FIRs After Settlement: Delhi HC – Advocate Manish Jha
The Delhi High Court quashed cross-FIRs from a road rage incident after the parties settled, subject to costs of Rs. 20,000 each. How compromise quashing works under the BNS and BNSS.
Read → 9 August 2026 · Criminal LawPreventive Detention Safeguards: SC – Advocate Manish Jha
In Alfiya A v. State of Kerala, 2026 INSC 810, the Supreme Court quashed a PITNDPS detention because the detenu was never told of his right to represent directly to the detaining authority.
Read → 9 August 2026 · Criminal LawNDPS Bail and Section 37 Conditions – Advocate Manish Jha
Dismissing bail in a commercial quantity heroin case at IGI Airport, the Delhi High Court restates the twin conditions of Section 37 NDPS Act and why procedural objections rarely open that gate.
Read → 9 August 2026 · Criminal LawTestimony of a Prosecutrix: Delhi HC – Advocate Manish Jha
Upholding a rape conviction, the Delhi High Court explains why minor omissions do not demolish credible testimony, why belated medical silence proves little, and what a plea of alibi requires.
Read → 8 August 2026 · Criminal LawSuccessive Anticipatory Bail Pleas – Advocate Manish Jha
The Delhi High Court dismissed a third anticipatory bail application where the Supreme Court had already declined relief and nothing had changed since — and flagged the police failure to arrest.
Read → 8 August 2026 · Criminal LawSanction for Former Public Servants – Advocate Manish Jha
A Division Bench answers a criminal reference: the 2018 amendment to Section 19 PC Act protects retired public servants, but only where cognizance was yet to be taken as on 26 July 2018.
Read → 8 August 2026 · Criminal LawFood Safety Cases: The Maggi Quashing – Advocate Manish Jha
The Delhi High Court quashed the 2015 Maggi noodles prosecutions after referral laboratory testing and a decade of judicial scrutiny discredited the analyst reports at their foundation.
Read → 7 August 2026 · Criminal LawUAPA Extension Orders: No Appeal Lies – Advocate Manish Jha
A Delhi High Court Division Bench holds that an order extending UAPA investigation time under Section 43D(2)(b) is interlocutory and not appealable under Section 21 NIA Act; the remedy is Section 482 CrPC / Section 528 BNSS.
Read → 6 August 2026 · Criminal LawAcquittal After 22 Years in Prison – Advocate Manish Jha
In Arjun Jani @ Tuntun v. State of Orissa (Crl.A. 3639/2026, 4 August 2026), the Supreme Court acquits a man who spent twenty-two years in prison for a triple murder, holding that a sole eyewitness must inspire confidence and that jail appeals cannot be dismissed on delay alone.
Read → 5 August 2026 · Criminal LawBreach of Contract Is Not Cheating: SC – Advocate Manish Jha
In G. Saminathan v. The State (2026 INSC 772, 31 July 2026), the Supreme Court quashes a cheating and criminal breach of trust case born of a failed joint development agreement, holding that dishonest intention must exist at the inception and that Sections 406 and 420 IPC cannot co-exist on the same facts.
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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.