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.
Wife's Divorce Appeal Allowed – Advocate Manish Jha
A Jharkhand High Court Division Bench reverses a Family Court and grants a wife divorce on cruelty, finding a sustained pattern of physical violence, documented medical consequences and adulterous conduct proved.
Read → 26 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDV Complaint Is Not Cruelty Per Se – Advocate Manish Jha
The Tripura High Court sets aside a husband's divorce decree as perverse, holding the wife's separate residence during his military postings and her domestic violence complaint insufficient to prove cruelty.
Read → 26 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilySecond DV Application: When It Lies – Advocate Manish Jha
When a fresh Section 12 application under the DV Act is maintainable after dismissal, withdrawal or settlement: fresh incidents, Section 25 alteration and the limits of res judicata, explained.
Read → 26 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance Settled In Lok Adalat – Advocate Manish Jha
A Lok Adalat award in a maintenance case is a deemed decree, final and executable — yet the alteration jurisdiction for genuinely changed circumstances survives. Drafting and enforcement essentials.
Read → 26 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance When Husband Is In Jail – Advocate Manish Jha
Imprisonment removes income, not the family's entitlement: how maintenance courts treat an incarcerated respondent — earning capacity, interim orders, alteration under Section 146 BNSS and arrears.
Read → 24 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDV Monetary Relief Restored – Advocate Manish Jha
An appellate court cut a DV Act complainant’s monthly relief from Rs 10,000 to Rs 3,500 without adequate justification; the High Court restored the trial court’s award with the rental component.
Read → 24 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyResponding To A DV Act Notice – Advocate Manish Jha
What a summons in a Domestic Violence Act case means for the respondent: the first hearing, the para-wise reply, income affidavits, interim orders and the mistakes that cost.
Read → 24 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyProving Salaried Spouse Income – Advocate Manish Jha
Salary slips, Form 16, bank statements and employer summons: the documentary route to a salaried spouse’s true income in maintenance proceedings, and the usual understatements.
Read → 24 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyAcquittal And Maintenance Claims – Advocate Manish Jha
An acquittal in the 498A or DV-linked criminal case does not by itself end maintenance: why the two proceedings answer different questions by different standards.
Read → 24 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyInterim Custody And Visitation – Advocate Manish Jha
How courts arrange interim custody and visitation while divorce and custody cases are pending: forums, welfare factors, supervised access, virtual contact and enforcement.
Read → 24 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilySection 27 HMA Property Orders – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 27 of the Hindu Marriage Act lets the matrimonial court settle property presented at or about the marriage within the divorce case itself — scope, limits and drafting.
Read → 23 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyNo Injunction Against UK Divorce – Advocate Manish Jha
The Supreme Court declined to restrain a wife's UK divorce proceedings, holding that anti-suit injunctions are granted sparingly and that London, as the couple's matrimonial home, was the natural forum.
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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.