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.
After the Council Refers: DIAC Arbitration Under Section 18(3) MSMED Act Upheld
The Delhi High Court rejected a structural challenge to an award made on an MSEFC reference to the DIAC, holding the arbitral institution proceeds with full competence under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyEven Ex Parte, the Written Statement Counts: Divorce Decree Set Aside in Appeal
The High Court of Jharkhand set aside a divorce decree granted without examining the wife's written statement, holding that matrimonial courts must engage the pleaded defence even when proceedings go ex parte.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWinning the Residence Order Is Half the Battle: Enforcement Under the DV Act
How Section 19 residence orders are actually enforced in Delhi — police assistance under Section 19(7), protection officers, compliance reports and breach prosecution under Section 31.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance After Retirement: Pension and Retiral Benefits as Income
Retirement changes the arithmetic of a maintenance case, not its principles: pension counts as income, the retiral corpus and its yield are examined, and modification requires proof, not assertion.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyThe False Income Affidavit: How Maintenance Courts Respond to Concealment
Adverse inference, costs, procedural sanction and perjury exposure — what actually happens when the sworn affidavit of assets and liabilities in a maintenance case turns out to be false or incomplete.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeCheque Bounce Cases: Arrest, Appearance and Bail Explained
There is no police arrest in a Section 138 NI Act case — but summons, bail bonds, exemption from appearance and the consequences of ignoring the court all follow rules every accused should know.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Criminal LawAnticipatory Bail Where Matrimonial Disputes Produce Cross-FIRs
When both sides of a broken marriage register FIRs, the pre-arrest bail calculus changes: what parity really means across cases, how timing is read, and the drafting and disclosure choices that decide outcomes.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Criminal LawThe POCSO Special Court: Designation, Powers and the Special Public Prosecutor
How Special Courts under Sections 28 and 35 of the POCSO Act are designated, the child-protective procedure that governs them, and the statutory role of the Special Public Prosecutor under Section 32.
Read → 9 September 2026 · Criminal LawDelhi High Court Upholds Victim's Right to Appeal Without Leave
A Division Bench dismisses the constitutional challenge to the proviso to Section 372 CrPC / Section 413 BNSS, confirming a victim may appeal an acquittal without seeking leave.
Read → 9 September 2026 · Criminal LawSupreme Court: Courtroom Identification Is Substantive; TIP Only Corroborative
A POCSO life sentence is set aside because the child victim was never asked to identify the accused in court — a fatal flaw the Supreme Court lays at the prosecution's door.
Read → 9 September 2026 · Criminal LawGravity of Offence Cannot Eclipse Speedy Trial: Bail After 13 Years
The Delhi High Court grants regular bail to a kidnapping-murder undertrial jailed for over thirteen years, holding continued detention unconscionable under Article 21.
Read → 9 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilySection 28 of the DV Act: Which Procedure Governs a Domestic Violence Case?
The DV Act borrows criminal procedure but lets the Magistrate lay down a flexible course. How the hybrid works at each stage, and what it means for both sides.
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.