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.
Partner's Share on Dissolution: SC – Advocate Manish Jha
In V. Sumitra Reddy v. K. Ranganadha Reddy (C.A. 8167/2017), the Supreme Court upholds liquidation of a dissolved firm's property by public auction, with the outgoing partner's share computed on current value — not frozen at the 1983 dissolution date.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateRBI Board Supersession Upheld: SC – Advocate Manish Jha
In Sandeep S. Ghandat v. RBI, the Supreme Court holds the six-month limit in Article 243ZL does not restrict the RBI's power under the Banking Regulation Act to supersede — and extend supersession of — a multi-State co-operative bank's board.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyEconomic Abuse Under the DV Act – Advocate Manish Jha
Deprivation of maintenance, stridhan and household resources is domestic violence in itself under Section 3 of the DV Act. What economic abuse covers, and the reliefs that answer it.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyProving Emotional Abuse: DV Act – Advocate Manish Jha
Insults, ridicule, humiliation and threats are statutory domestic violence. How verbal and emotional abuse is pleaded and proved on the civil standard, and how exaggerated claims are met.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance Against NRI Husbands – Advocate Manish Jha
The wife's residence anchors jurisdiction, courts permit electronic service abroad, and orders can be enforced against Indian assets — the complete map of maintenance claims against a respondent living overseas.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyInterim Maintenance: 60-Day Rule – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 144(2) BNSS directs that interim maintenance applications be disposed of within sixty days of service. What the timeline means, the affidavit machinery behind it, and remedies when proceedings drift.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDivorce Settlement Deed Clauses – Advocate Manish Jha
The settlement agreement behind a mutual consent divorce decides whether the peace holds: clauses on alimony, stridhan, custody and litigation withdrawal, and the sequencing that protects both sides.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyEnforcing Matrimonial Settlements – Advocate Manish Jha
When a matrimonial settlement is breached: execution of consent terms, contempt for broken undertakings, and revival of withdrawn cases — and how to structure settlements so enforcement is rarely needed.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Criminal LawBail on Personal Bond – Advocate Manish Jha
Release on a personal bond without sureties has been the law since Moti Ram v. State of M.P. (1978). When courts dispense with sureties, how excessive bonds are challenged, and the position under the BNSS.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Criminal LawBail While in Custody Elsewhere – Advocate Manish Jha
Formal arrest, production warrants under Section 302 BNSS, and separate bail clocks in every case: the mechanics of getting an accused actually released when more than one FIR holds him.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Cyber & FraudAnticipatory Bail in Cyber Fraud – Advocate Manish Jha
Frozen accounts, money trails and IFSO investigations: how anticipatory bail applications in Delhi cyber fraud FIRs are prepared, the applicant profiles courts distinguish, and the conditions typically imposed.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Criminal LawAnticipatory Bail in Murder Cases – Advocate Manish Jha
No statute bars anticipatory bail in a murder FIR, but only sharply defined cases succeed: omnibus family implication, documentary alibis, cross-versions and medical contradiction — and the conditions that follow.
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.