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.
MSME Demand Notice Drafting – Advocate Manish Jha
The demand notice before an MSME Samadhaan reference: invoking Sections 15 and 16 correctly, computing compound interest, the annexures that matter, and drafting errors that hand the buyer defences.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateRetention Money & the MSMED Act – Advocate Manish Jha
Can buyers withhold retention money and security deposits from MSME suppliers? How the 45-day rule and Section 24's overriding effect treat deferred price versus genuinely contingent obligations.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Criminal LawThe Victim's Counsel in POCSO – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 40 POCSO guarantees the child's family a lawyer of their choice, with legal aid where means are lacking. The victim counsel's work at investigation, bail, trial, compensation and appeal.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Criminal LawDischarge in POCSO Cases – Advocate Manish Jha
Discharge applications before POCSO Special Courts under Section 250 BNSS: the prima facie standard, where the statutory presumptions do and do not operate, and the structural defects that succeed.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeCompounding at the Appeal Stage – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 359 BNSS permits composition of listed offences even after conviction, with leave of the appellate court — and composition has the effect of an acquittal. Mechanics, safeguards and the comparison with quashing.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeRestoring a Dismissed Appeal – Advocate Manish Jha
Civil appeals dismissed for default are readmitted on sufficient cause under Order XLI Rule 19 CPC; criminal appeals are not to be dismissed for default at all. The restoration playbook for Delhi practice.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateInstitutional Arbitration & DIAC – Advocate Manish Jha
Institutional versus ad hoc arbitration in Delhi: what the Delhi International Arbitration Centre administers, how to draft the clause that gets you there, and running an administered case inside the Section 29A clock.
Read → 16 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateExecuting an Arbitral Award – Advocate Manish Jha
An award is enforced as if it were a decree, and after Sundaram Finance v. Abdul Samad execution lies wherever the debtor's assets are. Timelines, stay applications, forum choice and attachment strategy.
Read → 15 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDivorce Appeal Fails on Proof – Advocate Manish Jha
A Division Bench of the Jharkhand High Court affirmed the refusal of divorce under the Special Marriage Act, holding that cruelty must be proved through specific instances and that a wife's separation under compelling circumstances, with willingness to return, is not desertion.
Read → 15 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyVague 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.
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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.