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.
When the Suicide Note Points Away: Bail in an Abetment Case on Weak Nexus and Parity
The Himachal Pradesh High Court granted regular bail under BNS Section 108 where the contemporaneous suicide note recorded no complaint against anyone, the couple lived separately, and a co-accused already had bail.
Read → 12 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDomestic Violence Proceedings When the Respondent Lives Abroad
Jurisdiction under Section 27, layered service on NRI respondents, ex parte progress and enforcement against Indian assets — how DV Act cases run in Delhi when the husband or in-laws are overseas.
Read → 12 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilySection 19 HAMA: The Widowed Daughter-in-Law's Claim Against Her Father-in-Law
A conditional, property-linked maintenance right: when a widow can claim from her father-in-law, the coparcenary-property requirement, quantum, and how the remedy compares with succession and DV Act routes.
Read → 12 September 2026 · Criminal LawParole, Furlough and Bail: Three Different Doors Out of Custody
Bail is judicial and belongs mainly to undertrials; parole and furlough are executive releases for convicts under the Delhi Prison Rules. Eligibility, grounds, timelines and remedies when applications are rejected.
Read → 12 September 2026 · Criminal LawStopped at the Airport: Look-Out Circulars and the Anticipatory Bail Strategy
LOCs are executive instruments that collide with liberty at the immigration counter. How they work, their interplay with anticipatory bail under Section 482 BNSS, and the remedies against unjustified circulars.
Read → 12 September 2026 · Criminal LawThe Other Side of Section 482 BNSS: How Complainants Oppose Anticipatory Bail
Getting heard, feeding the status report, targeting the factors courts weigh, and shaping conditions if protection is granted — a complainant's lawful toolkit in anticipatory bail proceedings in Delhi.
Read → 12 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateTwo Engines for One Debt: Section 138 NI Act and the MSME Samadhaan Reference
An MSME supplier holding a dishonoured cheque can run the criminal prosecution and the Facilitation Council reference in parallel — sequencing, consistency discipline and settlement architecture explained.
Read → 12 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateMaking the Plaintiff Stand Good for Costs: Order XXV CPC in Commercial Practice
When defendants can require security for costs — especially from foreign plaintiffs without Indian immovable property — how courts exercise the discretion, and dismissal as the sanction for default.
Read → 12 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeThe Appeal You Filed but Didn't: Registry Objections, Refiling Delay and Non-Est Filings
Delay in filing versus delay in refiling, the non-est filing doctrine, and the paperwork discipline that keeps appeals alive in the Delhi High Court — especially under the Commercial Courts Act.
Read → 12 September 2026 · Civil & PropertyWinning the Appeal Is Half the Battle: Restitution Under Section 144 CPC
When a decree is reversed in appeal or by the Supreme Court, Section 144 CPC unwinds what execution took — refund, possession, interest and mesne profits, by application in the original court, no fresh suit.
Read → 12 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateFive Agreements, One Dispute: Consolidating Connected Contracts into One Arbitration
India has no statutory consolidation provision — composite-transaction doctrine, Section 7(5) incorporation, appointment-stage engineering and institutional rules decide whether disputes travel together.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeHallucinated Case Law Vitiates the Decision: Supreme Court on AI in Adjudication
The Supreme Court set aside a Rs 425 crore customs penalty and the High Court affirmance because the adjudicating officer relied on AI-generated fake citations, holding that even an iota of hallucinated material vitiates the decision.
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.