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.
Vague Cruelty Pleas Fail on Appeal – Advocate Manish Jha
Hearing a first appeal under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, the Jharkhand High Court affirmed dismissal of a divorce petition built on vague, non-specific cruelty allegations — a study in what appellate courts do with Family Court findings.
Read → 15 September 2026 · Matrimonial & Family498A Quashed: No Role for In-Laws – Advocate Manish Jha
The Calcutta High Court quashed cruelty proceedings against a brother-in-law and sister-in-law accused only of telephonic instigation, finding the allegations vague and omnibus, with no particulars and no call records in the investigation.
Read → 15 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyFIR Quashed on Divorce Settlement – Advocate Manish Jha
Where a wife undertook in mutual consent divorce proceedings to withdraw her Section 498A case and then did not, the Calcutta High Court quashed the prosecution, holding the judicial undertaking binding and continuation an abuse of process.
Read → 15 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyAmending a DV Application – Advocate Manish Jha
Domestic violence rarely stops when a Section 12 application is filed. When new incidents and omitted respondents can be brought in by amendment, how prejudice shapes the Magistrate's discretion, and when a fresh application is the better route.
Read → 15 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWithdrawing a DV Complaint – Advocate Manish Jha
A DV Act application is a civil remedy that can be withdrawn on settlement — but the terms belong on the court's record. How settlements are recorded, how the DV case fits into a package with FIR quashing and mutual-consent divorce, and the risks of resiling.
Read → 15 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance During Appeal – Advocate Manish Jha
Filing an appeal or revision does not suspend a maintenance order — it keeps operating and arrears keep accumulating unless expressly stayed. Why stays are almost always conditional, and the strategic calculus for payer and recipient alike.
Read → 15 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilySalary Attachment for Maintenance – Advocate Manish Jha
When a salaried spouse defaults on maintenance, the most reliable enforcement runs through the employer — the Magistrate's warrant machinery with its one-year arrears window, CPC execution with salary attachment, and Section 60 CPC's protected portion.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDV Case Against In-Laws Partly Quashed – Advocate Manish Jha
Gujarat High Court partly quashes an 11-year-old Section 12 DV Act case, discharging a brother-in-law and sister-in-law named on vague allegations while sending the main case to trial.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyRecovering Stridhan: A Wife's Remedies – Advocate Manish Jha
Stridhan remains the wife's absolute property. The routes to recovery — DV Act directions, criminal breach of trust under BNS 316, and civil claims — explained with the foundational Supreme Court law.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance: Husband Estopped on Marriage – Advocate Manish Jha
Uttarakhand High Court upholds Rs 20,000 monthly maintenance, holding a husband whose suit to annul the marriage lapsed cannot dispute the marriage in Section 125 CrPC proceedings.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyFrom Which Date Is Maintenance Payable? – Advocate Manish Jha
Date of application or date of order? How the start date of maintenance is fixed after Rajnesh v. Neha, how arrears are computed, and how overlapping awards are set off.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyCounterblast Plea Fails at Quashing Stage – Advocate Manish Jha
Calcutta High Court declines to quash a complaint filed amid divorce and DV litigation, holding that counterblast timing and alibi records are questions for trial, not Section 482.
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.