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.
Bail Granted In Sextortion Case – Advocate Manish Jha
Gujarat High Court grants regular bail under Section 483 BNSS in an intimate-video blackmail case after chargesheet, restating that prolonged pre-trial detention is punishment before verdict.
Read → 21 September 2026 · Criminal LawSentence Suspended In Revision – Advocate Manish Jha
Rajasthan High Court suspends three-year sentences pending revision where the courts below never considered probation for first-time offenders — a ground that pays at both stages.
Read → 21 September 2026 · Criminal LawParity Wins Anticipatory Bail: Calcutta HC – Advocate Manish Jha
Calcutta High Court grants pre-arrest bail to a father whose sons were already protected, finding from the injured's own statement that all three accused were similarly situated.
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 · Commercial & CorporateNamed Arbitrator, Unilateral Appointment – Advocate Manish Jha
Delhi High Court holds that naming an arbitrator in a loan agreement does not save an award where the lender alone invoked and appointed him after disputes arose, without a Section 12(5) waiver.
Read → 21 September 2026 · Civil & PropertyConsent Decree No Fresh Cause: Delhi HC – Advocate Manish Jha
Delhi High Court upholds an Order VII Rule 11 rejection, holding a consent decree cannot revive claims that accrued years earlier — clever drafting cannot reset the limitation clock.
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 → 21 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateWhich Facilitation Council Has Jurisdiction? – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 18(4) MSMED Act lets a supplier file its delayed-payment reference before its home Facilitation Council against buyers anywhere in India, overriding contrary forum clauses.
Read → 21 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeThe Curative Petition, Explained – Advocate Manish Jha
After review is dismissed, one extraordinary remedy remains. The narrow grounds, Senior Advocate certification and in-chambers procedure of the curative petition under Rupa Ashok Hurra.
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.