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.
498A Quashed, Family Reunited – Advocate Manish Jha
The Delhi High Court quashed a 498A/406 FIR under Section 528 BNSS after a mediation settlement led the spouses to resume living together with their three daughters.
Read → 23 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance Despite Void Marriage – Advocate Manish Jha
The Madras High Court confirmed monthly maintenance of Rs 1,00,000 for a woman deceived by a man who concealed his subsisting marriage, and Rs 1,50,000 for their child, applying Badshah v. Urmila Badshah Godse.
Read → 23 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance Case Fast-Tracked – Advocate Manish Jha
The Patna High Court refused to cancel a husband's bail in a 498A case but ordered the Family Court to decide the wife's 2021 maintenance case within three months on day-to-day hearings.
Read → 23 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyThe DV Act Applies To All Faiths – Advocate Manish Jha
The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act is a secular statute: its definitions are religion-neutral, and its reliefs operate in addition to remedies under every personal law.
Read → 23 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyAppearing In DV Cases By Video – Advocate Manish Jha
Personal appearance is rarely mandatory in DV Act proceedings: how exemption applications, appearance through counsel and video conferencing work for outstation and NRI parties.
Read → 23 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWhere To File A Divorce Petition – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 19 of the Hindu Marriage Act offers up to four venues for a divorce petition — including the wife's own district of residence — and the choice shapes the entire litigation.
Read → 22 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyTransferring a DV Act Case – Advocate Manish Jha
Uttarakhand High Court transfers a DV Act case to the wife's district under Section 447 BNSS, holding the wife's convenience paramount while permitting the husband to appear by video conferencing.
Read → 22 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyEx Parte Maintenance: Recall First – Advocate Manish Jha
A revision against an ex parte interim maintenance order is not maintainable — the statutory route is a recall application under Section 126(2) CrPC before the trial court, the Uttarakhand High Court holds.
Read → 22 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintaining a Disabled Adult Child – Advocate Manish Jha
Calcutta High Court affirms that a father's duty to maintain a severely disabled son survives majority under Section 125(1)(c) CrPC, with the mother's standing as guardian upheld.
Read → 22 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyUndoing a Mutual Consent Decree – Advocate Manish Jha
Can a Section 13B mutual consent divorce decree be challenged? Appeal bars, fraud and coercion pleas, recall applications — and the far stronger position of a spouse who acts before the decree.
Read → 22 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWithdrawing a Divorce Petition – Advocate Manish Jha
What withdrawal of a contested divorce petition really means — Order XXIII CPC in the Family Courts, liberty to file afresh, and when a second petition is maintainable.
Read → 21 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDivorce On Cumulative Cruelty: Patna HC – Advocate Manish Jha
A Division Bench reverses a Family Court, grants divorce on cruelty judged cumulatively with years of separation, and fixes permanent alimony of ₹71.66 lakh under Section 25 HMA.
Read →What Is Covered Here
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.