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.
Where 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 → 23 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateSettling An MSME Samadhaan Claim – Advocate Manish Jha
Most MSME delayed-payment references settle: how conciliation under Section 18(2), consent awards and carefully drafted instalment terms convert a buyer's offer into an executable decree.
Read → 23 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeProving Foreign Law In India – Advocate Manish Jha
Indian courts take judicial notice of Indian law alone. Foreign law is a fact to be pleaded and proved through official texts and expert evidence — or the court presumes it identical to Indian law.
Read → 22 September 2026 · Criminal LawWritten Grounds of Arrest Rules – Advocate Manish Jha
The Supreme Court mandates written grounds of arrest in a language the arrestee understands, a two-hour pre-remand outer limit, Magistrate-controlled re-arrest and departmental enquiry against defaulting officers.
Read → 22 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeSuppression Sinks Petitions – Advocate Manish Jha
The Supreme Court dismisses a recruitment challenge where petitioners concealed an earlier identical writ petition — suppression of material facts by itself disentitles relief in discretionary jurisdictions.
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 · Criminal LawBail After Two Years in Custody – Advocate Manish Jha
Gujarat High Court grants regular bail under Section 483 BNSS in a cheating-forgery case after two years' custody, with the chargesheet filed and over 100 witnesses unexamined.
Read → 22 September 2026 · Criminal LawBail in a POCSO Trafficking Case – Advocate Manish Jha
Calcutta High Court grants bail after more than three years of undertrial custody in a minor-trafficking POCSO prosecution where only 6 of 28 witnesses had been examined.
Read → 22 September 2026 · Criminal LawRoped In For Being Family – Advocate Manish Jha
Patna High Court grants anticipatory bail to a father implicated in his son's rice-mill payment dispute — vicarious implication of relatives in commercial FIRs examined.
Read → 22 September 2026 · Criminal LawNo Money Trail, Pre-Arrest Bail – Advocate Manish Jha
Patna High Court grants anticipatory bail in a railway job-fraud case to accused who allegedly only accompanied the main accused and received none of the money.
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.