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.
Transferring 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 → 21 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyRecovering Stridhan Under The DV Act – Advocate Manish Jha
The husband is only a custodian of his wife's stridhan. How Sections 12, 18, 19(8) and 20 of the DV Act secure its return, and why retention is a continuing wrong that delay does not cure.
Read → 21 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyCan A Man Invoke The DV Act? – Advocate Manish Jha
Only women are aggrieved persons under the DV Act, but after Harsora anyone — including female relatives — can be a respondent. The Act's asymmetry, and the remedies left for men.
Read → 21 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilySetting Aside Ex Parte Maintenance Orders – Advocate Manish Jha
Maintenance courts can proceed ex parte against evasive respondents — and Section 145(2) BNSS gives three months, on good cause shown, to have the ex parte order set aside.
Read → 21 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDNA Tests And Legitimacy In Maintenance – Advocate Manish Jha
Birth during marriage is conclusive proof of legitimacy under Section 116 BSA. When courts will — and mostly will not — order DNA tests in child maintenance disputes.
Read → 20 September 2026 · Matrimonial & Family498A Quashed On Lok Adalat Settlement – Advocate Manish Jha
Uttarakhand High Court quashes a dowry-cruelty chargesheet and summons after the spouses settled before the Daily Lok Adalat, applying B.S. Joshi principles.
Read → 19 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDV Appeal Deposit Condition Eased – Advocate Manish Jha
The Uttarakhand High Court halves a ₹2 lakh deposit imposed as a condition in a Section 29 DV Act appeal, while directing that monthly maintenance continue until modified — the law on appeal deposit conditions.
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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.