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.
Maintenance of Adult Children – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 144 BNSS largely stops at majority, but HAMA and Section 26 HMA carry a parent's obligation further — especially for the unmarried daughter, whose claim includes marriage expenses.
Read → 27 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyInterim vs Final Maintenance – Advocate Manish Jha
The interim order rests on affidavits and a prima facie view; the final order on evidence. What changes between the two stages of a Section 144 BNSS case, and the mistakes each side should avoid.
Read → 27 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMental Illness as a Divorce Ground – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 13(1)(iii) HMA requires more than a diagnosis: the disorder's kind and extent must make cohabitation unreasonable, proved by medical evidence. What succeeds, and what fails.
Read → 27 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDivorce under Muslim Law – Advocate Manish Jha
Talaq forms after the 2019 Act, khula and mubarat, and the wife's judicial grounds under the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 — with the financial consequences of each route.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyAltering DV Orders: Section 25 – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 25 of the DV Act lets a Magistrate alter, modify or revoke protection and other orders on a recorded change in circumstances — on application, with reasons in writing. How the power works and what it is not.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyThe DIR in DV Cases – Advocate Manish Jha
The Domestic Incident Report is the DV Act's intake document — who prepares it, what Form I contains, and why the Supreme Court has held it is not a precondition for relief under Section 12.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance for Divorced Muslim Women – Advocate Manish Jha
From Shah Bano through Danial Latifi to Mohd Abdul Samad (2024): the secular maintenance remedy under Section 125 CrPC / Section 144 BNSS is available to divorced Muslim women in addition to the 1986 Act.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance in Live-In Relationships – Advocate Manish Jha
Chanmuniya, Indra Sarma and the DV Act route: when a live-in partner can claim maintenance, which relationships qualify as relationships in the nature of marriage, and the evidence that decides these cases.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyThe One-Year Bar on Divorce: S.14 HMA – Advocate Manish Jha
No divorce petition lies within one year of marriage unless the court grants leave for exceptional hardship or exceptional depravity. How Section 14 HMA works, and the remedies it does not bar.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyChristian Divorce: The 1869 Act – Advocate Manish Jha
Divorce for Christians is governed by the Divorce Act, 1869, transformed by the 2001 amendment: equalised Section 10 grounds, mutual consent under Section 10A, and full alimony and custody jurisdiction in the Family Courts.
Read → 25 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDV Claims After a Settlement: SC – Advocate Manish Jha
In Reji Baby v. Subi Mary, 2026 INSC 918 (24 August 2026), the Supreme Court held that monetary claims a wife waived in a divorce settlement cannot be revived through DV Act proceedings — while preserving the daughter's independent right to relief.
Read → 25 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWhere to File a DV Case: S. 27 – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 27 of the DV Act lets the aggrieved person file where she resides — even temporarily — where the respondent lives, or where the cause of action arose, and makes DV orders enforceable throughout India.
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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.