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.
Divorce Appeal Fails At Threshold – Advocate Manish Jha
Patna High Court dismissed a husband's divorce appeal at admission under Order XLI Rule 11 CPC: cruelty, adultery and desertion pleas all found unproved.
Read → 27 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyFamily Courts And 65-B Certificates – Advocate Manish Jha
Karnataka High Court held Section 14 of the Family Courts Act lets family courts receive photographs and videos without 65-B certification — proving a disputed marriage and upholding restitution.
Read → 27 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateRejection Defence Fails In RFA – Advocate Manish Jha
Delhi High Court upheld a Rs 36 lakh decree for goods sold: undocumented rejection pleas fail, and where no place of payment is fixed the debtor must seek out the creditor in Delhi.
Read → 27 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateMSME Interest-Only Claims – Advocate Manish Jha
Buyer paid the principal late? Sections 15 to 17 of the MSMED Act still entitle the supplier to compound statutory interest — and it can be pursued on its own before the MSEFC.
Read → 27 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateArbitrator's Interim Orders Upheld – Advocate Manish Jha
A Section 37 appeal against an arbitrator's interim order appointing a surveyor and freezing common areas failed: arbitrability objections belong first to the tribunal under Section 16.
Read → 27 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateWhen An Arbitrator's Mandate Ends – Advocate Manish Jha
Sections 14 and 15 of the Arbitration Act: de jure and de facto inability, undue delay, withdrawal, substitution — and why unilateral-appointment clauses keep generating mandate litigation.
Read → 27 September 2026 · Civil & PropertyExecuting Money Decrees In Delhi – Advocate Manish Jha
A decree is not cash. The Order XXI toolkit — judgment-debtor examination, attachment, garnishee orders, sale and civil detention — mapped for Delhi practice.
Read → 27 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeNew Evidence In A Civil Appeal – Advocate Manish Jha
The three narrow gateways of Order XLI Rule 27 CPC for producing additional evidence in a first appeal — and the drafting discipline that separates granted applications from refused ones.
Read → 27 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeUrgent Listing In The Supreme Court – Advocate Manish Jha
How urgent matters jump the Supreme Court's queue: mentioning practice, written slips, what counts as urgency, and the special channels for after-hours and vacation emergencies.
Read → 26 September 2026 · Criminal LawPOCSO Safeguards In Custody Battles – Advocate Manish Jha
The Supreme Court quashes a CBI-investigated POCSO FIR lodged by a mother against a father holding custody orders, and directs that expert psychological evaluation must precede arrest or summons where such allegations arise inside a matrimonial dispute.
Read → 26 September 2026 · Criminal LawDeath Sentence In Child Rape-Murder – Advocate Manish Jha
The Supreme Court confirms a stepfather's death sentence for the rape and murder of a six-year-old, holding the mother a reliable sole eyewitness and treating her delayed reporting as a trauma response, not fabrication.
Read → 26 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWife'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.
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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.