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.
Contested Divorce to Mutual Consent – Advocate Manish Jha
How a contested divorce becomes a Section 13B mutual consent decree mid-litigation: the two procedural routes, the Amardeep Singh waiver conditions, and settlement drafting.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Criminal LawBail: Controlled Substances Outside S.37 – Advocate Manish Jha
Rajasthan High Court grants regular bail in an NDPS case, holding the Section 37 rigours inapplicable to controlled chemical substances and to below-commercial recoveries.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Criminal LawThe Antil Categories: Arrest and Bail Rules – Advocate Manish Jha
Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI organised arrest and bail into categories A to D. How the guidelines operate today under Sections 35 and 187 BNSS.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Criminal LawSC/ST Act: Anticipatory Bail Appeal Fails – Advocate Manish Jha
Jharkhand High Court dismisses a Section 14-A appeal seeking anticipatory bail, applying the Section 18 bar where the allegations disclosed a scheduled offence.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Criminal LawAnticipatory Bail After Charge-Sheet – Advocate Manish Jha
Calcutta High Court grants anticipatory bail where the charge-sheet was already filed, holding custodial detention unwarranted and limiting the order to six weeks.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateCheque Cases: 20% Interim Compensation – Advocate Manish Jha
Calcutta High Court upholds a direction to pay Rs 10 lakh interim compensation under Section 143A NI Act on a Rs 50 lakh cheque, and confines recovery to the statutory route.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateSC: Zero Period Relief Where Access Failed – Advocate Manish Jha
Supreme Court upholds Zero Period Policy benefits to a developer where NOIDA never provided the promised 45-metre access road — beneficial policies get purposive construction.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Criminal LawPOCSO Conviction Upheld on Child's Evidence – Advocate Manish Jha
Delhi High Court dismisses a POCSO appeal, upholding conviction under Sections 10 and 12 on the reliable testimony of the child victim, corroborated by her brother.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Criminal LawPOCSO Acquittal: Forensic Gaps Decisive – Advocate Manish Jha
Delhi High Court acquits under Section 6 POCSO where medical findings, an unexplained missing FSL report and a contradictory disclosure timeline sustained reasonable doubt.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Criminal LawMurder Acquittal: Antedated FIR, Enmity – Advocate Manish Jha
Patna High Court Division Bench sets aside a murder conviction where the FIR appeared antedated, witnesses bore documented enmity and the pistol was never ballistically matched.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Criminal LawTrap Case Fails: No Demand, No Bribery – Advocate Manish Jha
Jharkhand High Court acquits in a corruption appeal where the complainant admitted money was handed without demand and seizure witnesses saw no recovery.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Criminal LawSC: No Pecuniary Gain, No 13(1)(d) Offence – Advocate Manish Jha
Supreme Court acquits under Section 13(1)(d) PC Act where the High Court itself found no pecuniary advantage — a conviction cannot outlive its essential ingredient.
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.