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.
Appeals in POCSO Cases – Advocate Manish Jha
Appeals against POCSO convictions and acquittals under the BNSS — forum, the victim's appellate right, suspension of sentence, and what these appeals turn on.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeFirst Appeals: Court's Duties – Advocate Manish Jha
Order XLI Rule 31 obliges the first appellate court to frame points, re-appreciate evidence and give reasons — and non-compliance is itself a ground of challenge.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateInterim & Partial Awards – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 31(6) lets tribunals decide disputes in instalments — how interim and partial awards differ from Section 17 orders, and the limitation traps they create.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateSection 27 Arbitration Evidence – Advocate Manish Jha
When the court lends arbitral tribunals its coercive machinery — Section 27 applications for witnesses and third-party documents, step by step.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeReformatio in Peius: The Supreme Court Says an Appeal Cannot Leave the Appellant Worse Off
In Saudi Arabian Airlines v. Union of India (2026 INSC 933), the Supreme Court quashed a penalty enhanced 590-fold on remand after the assessee's own appeal, holding that a litigant cannot be placed in a worse position for having availed a legal remedy.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Criminal LawSettling After the Verdict: Supreme Court Upholds Post-Conviction Quashing on Compromise
In State of Punjab v. Avtar Singh (2026 INSC 934), the Supreme Court affirmed quashing of non-heinous criminal proceedings on a genuine compromise reached after conviction, restating the framework and its limits.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyThe Overlooked Applicant: Elderly Mothers and Widows Under the Domestic Violence Act
The DV Act protects any woman in a domestic relationship — including mothers and elderly women facing economic abuse or dispossession by their own children. Reliefs, forums and the parallel Senior Citizens Act track.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilySummoned Under the DV Act: Why a Respondent Is Not an Accused
DV Act proceedings feel criminal but seek civil, protective reliefs. What that means for arrest, appearance, standard of proof and strategy — and where Section 31 changes everything.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyThe Cash Economy Problem: Proving a Self-Employed Spouse's Income in Maintenance Cases
Affidavits of assets, GST and banking records, lifestyle evidence and adverse inference — how Delhi family courts reconstruct what a business-owning spouse actually earns.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWaiving Maintenance in a Matrimonial Settlement: What the Clause Can and Cannot Do
Full-and-final settlements routinely record maintenance waivers — but maintenance is a statutory protection, children stand outside the bargain, and adequacy decides later claims.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyCruelty by Litigation: When False Criminal Cases Become a Ground for Divorce
Fabricated complaints and prosecutions against a spouse and family can amount to mental cruelty under Section 13(1)(ia) HMA. What must be proved, and the defences that answer the plea.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWho Keeps What: Property on Divorce in Indian Law
India has no community property regime. Section 27 HMA, stridhan, permanent alimony, benami principles and DV Act residence rights — the instruments that actually move property when a marriage ends.
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.