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.
Sole Testimony Can Convict — But Only If It Inspires Confidence: Delhi High Court
Dismissing a victim's appeal against acquittal in a rape case, the Delhi High Court reiterated that a prosecutrix's sole testimony can sustain conviction only where it is reliable and free of material discrepancies.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyTwo Decades Apart: Supreme Court Grants Divorce on Desertion, Reversing High Court
In Bijendra v. Rekha, 2026 INSC 939, the Supreme Court dissolved a marriage on desertion under Section 13(1)(ib) HMA after twenty years of separation, coupling the decree with permanent alimony of Rs 7 lakh.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Criminal LawSubvention Scheme Default: Quashing Refused for Directors in Homebuyer Fraud Case
The Delhi High Court declined to quash cheating proceedings against Supertech-linked directors, holding that shareholding, board participation and signatory authority take the case beyond mere designation.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Civil & PropertyUnregistered Agreement to Sell Can Found a Specific Performance Suit: Delhi High Court
A Division Bench restored a plaint rejected for want of registration: under the proviso to Section 49, Registration Act, an unregistered agreement with possession can ground a specific performance suit, subject to stamp duty and penalty.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateProcedural Defaults Are No Ground to Set Aside an Award: Delhi High Court
The Court dismissed a Section 34 challenge, upholding the tribunal's plausible limitation finding and refusing to let an award-debtor rely on its own non-appearance and unfiled defence.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateProlongation Costs Without Evidence Cannot Stand: Delhi High Court on Section 34
Ruling on a DDA challenge, the Court upheld most of a construction award but set aside an unreasoned prolongation-cost claim and an award on an excepted matter outside the arbitrator's jurisdiction.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Criminal LawArrested Decades Later: Bail Refused Where Accused Was a Proclaimed Offender
The Delhi High Court refused regular bail in a 2001 murder-robbery FIR to a man arrested in 2025, holding that his identity dispute is a matter for trial and that years of absconding weigh decisively against release.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Criminal LawEvasion Defeats Anticipatory Bail: Delhi High Court in Organised Theft Case
Anticipatory bail was refused in an MTNL cable theft case where the applicant, despite notice and interim protection, evaded the investigation and vacated his residence — with liberty preserved to seek regular bail.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilySpouses Reunited: Delhi High Court Quashes Cruelty FIR Under BNS on Settlement
An FIR under Sections 85 and 316(2) BNS was quashed after the spouses reconciled and resumed matrimonial life, confirming that the settled 498A settlement-quashing jurisprudence applies fully to the new code.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateSpecific Averments Keep a Director in a Cheque Bounce Case: Delhi High Court
Quashing was declined in a Section 138 NI Act case because the complaint contained specific averments of the director's involvement in the underlying transactions — designation-based defences must await trial.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateClaim Elements Decide Everything: Injunction Against Xiaomi's Find Device Refused
A Division Bench affirmed refusal of interim injunctions in a patent suit over Xiaomi's Find Device feature, finding essential claim elements absent and restating element-by-element infringement analysis.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Criminal LawNo Appeal Until Sentence: A POCSO Case Shows When a Conviction Becomes Appealable
With sentencing deferred amid a post-conviction dementia finding, the Delhi High Court permitted withdrawal of a premature POCSO appeal — a judgment becomes appealable only when sentence is awarded.
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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.