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.
Employee Arbitrator: The 2015 Dividing Line – Advocate Manish Jha
A Delhi High Court Division Bench holds that Section 12(5) and the Seventh Schedule do not retrospectively invalidate an employee-arbitrator appointed before the 2015 Amendment, restoring a DMRC award.
Read → 2 October 2026 · Commercial & CorporateCheque Notice: Dispatch Is the Giving – Advocate Manish Jha
The Supreme Court restores an NI Act conviction, holding that a Section 138 demand notice dispatched to the drawer's correct address satisfies the statute even where a family member received it.
Read → 2 October 2026 · Criminal LawChanging Bail Conditions Lawfully – Advocate Manish Jha
Weekly police attendance, surrendered passports, heavy sureties: how onerous bail conditions can be relaxed or modified under the BNSS, which court to move, and how to build the application.
Read → 2 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintaining Children Past Eighteen – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 144 BNSS stops at majority unless there is disability, but Section 20(3) HAMA keeps a parent's obligation to an unmarried daughter alive until her marriage — the forum and proof mapped through Abhilasha v. Parkash.
Read → 2 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyAlimony and the Taxman – Advocate Manish Jha
Lump-sum settlements and monthly maintenance are treated differently for income tax, and the payer gets no deduction either way — the general framework and the drafting choices that matter in settlement deeds.
Read → 2 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMental Disorder as a Divorce Ground – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 13(1)(iii) HMA demands a disorder of such kind and degree that cohabitation cannot reasonably be expected. What the ground requires, how it is proved, and the neighbouring annulment and cruelty provisions.
Read → 2 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyVoid or Voidable: Annulment Under HMA – Advocate Manish Jha
A void marriage is a nullity from the start; a voidable one stands until annulled. The grounds, the one-year bars, children's legitimacy under Section 16 and the strategic choice between annulment and divorce.
Read → 2 October 2026 · Procedure & PracticeAfter Notice Issues in an SLP – Advocate Manish Jha
Issuance of notice is an invitation, not a finding. Counter affidavits, interim orders and their conditions, tagging, and the difference between disposal at the notice stage and the grant of leave.
Read → 1 October 2026 · Civil & PropertyCompromise Behind Your Back Is Void – Advocate Manish Jha
The Supreme Court holds that a compromise decree in a partition matter passed without impleading a necessary party is a nullity, and the omitted heirs can seek its recall despite Order 23 Rule 3A CPC.
Read → 1 October 2026 · Criminal LawBail Is About Law, Not Morality – Advocate Manish Jha
Setting aside a bail refusal that rested on fears for social order and the complainant family's morals, the Supreme Court holds that judges must keep personal views on morality out of bail decisions.
Read → 1 October 2026 · Criminal LawCustody Is Not a Recovery Tool – Advocate Manish Jha
The Delhi High Court grants anticipatory bail to an 80-year-old in a matrimonial FIR, holding that custodial interrogation is not required merely to recover stridhan, and a four-year delay weakened the case for arrest.
Read → 1 October 2026 · Criminal LawMarriage Is No POCSO Defence – Advocate Manish Jha
The Delhi High Court refuses to quash an FIR under Section 6 POCSO and Section 64(1) BNS, holding that a marriage valid under Muslim personal law confers no immunity for intercourse with a minor wife.
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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.