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.
Who Actually Files Your SLP: The Advocate-on-Record System of the Supreme Court
Only an Advocate-on-Record may act for a party in the Supreme Court. The system's origins, the AOR's functions, and how litigation teams are structured for SLPs.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateNinety Days and a Short Rope: Limitation for Setting Aside an Arbitral Award
Section 34(3)'s three months plus thirty days — 'but not thereafter' — excludes ordinary condonation. When the period starts, the exclusions that survive, and limitation as the award-holder's shield.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateFighting Back in the Same Forum: Counterclaims and Set-Off in Arbitration
Section 23(2A) brings the respondent's claims into the same reference. Scope, limitation, fees and the six-month pleading discipline — with strategy for both sides.
Read → 2 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWhy a DV Act Application Cannot Be Dismissed as Time-Barred: Kamatchi v. Lakshmi Narayanan
In Kamatchi v. Lakshmi Narayanan (2022), the Supreme Court held that the limitation period of Section 468 CrPC does not apply to an application under Section 12 of the DV Act, because no offence is alleged at that stage.
Read → 2 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyCan Domestic Violence Proceedings Be Quashed? The Narrow Gate and What Fits Through It
The High Court can terminate a Section 12 DV Act case that is an abuse of process, but the threshold is high. The grounds that work, the arguments that fail, and the forum choices explained.
Read → 2 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyThe Three Statutory Disqualifications from Maintenance under Section 144(4) BNSS
Living in adultery, refusing without sufficient reason to live with the husband, and separation by mutual consent — how Delhi courts apply the maintenance bars carried forward from Section 125(4) CrPC.
Read → 2 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMediation in Matrimonial and Maintenance Disputes: How Delhi Courts Actually Settle Cases
Referral, confidentiality, the composite settlement covering divorce, maintenance, custody and criminal cases, and how a signed settlement becomes an enforceable court order.
Read → 2 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDivorce under the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936: India's Most Distinctive Matrimonial Statute
Section 32 grounds with built-in limitation windows, mutual consent divorce under Section 32B, and the unique matrimonial courts in which delegates of the community decide the facts.
Read → 2 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilySecretly Recorded Calls Between Spouses Are Admissible in Matrimonial Cases: Vibhor Garg v. Neha
In Vibhor Garg v. Neha, 2025 INSC 829, the Supreme Court held that covert spousal recordings are admissible in divorce proceedings under the Section 122 Evidence Act exception, privacy objections notwithstanding.
Read → 2 September 2026 · Criminal LawWhen the FIR Does Not Support the Section Invoked: A Regular Bail Ruling
In Saksham Kaushik v. State, the Delhi High Court granted regular bail where the FIR contained no allegation of forced intercourse despite a Section 64 BNS charge, imposing strict no-contact conditions.
Read → 2 September 2026 · Criminal LawOrganised Crime Cases in Delhi: Section 111 BNS, MCOCA, and the Bail Consequences
The BNS now contains a general organised crime offence alongside MCOCA as applied in Delhi. How the definitions, punishments and bail regimes differ, and where the first battles are fought.
Read → 2 September 2026 · Criminal LawProclaimed Offender or Merely Proclaimed Person? A Delhi High Court Revision Draws the Line
In Mohd Aman Rana v. State, the Delhi High Court held that a pending anticipatory bail plea does not bar proclamation — but the proclaimed offender designation applies only to offences listed in Section 82(4) CrPC.
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.