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.
Anticipatory Bail for Women Accused: Statutory Safeguards and Court Practice
Section 43(5) BNSS arrest safeguards, the Section 480 proviso and role-specific arguments: how gender figures in anticipatory bail applications under Section 482 BNSS in Delhi.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Criminal LawAnticipatory Bail in Dowry Death Cases: Litigating Against a Presumption
Section 80 BNS (old 304B IPC) cases pair a reverse-onus presumption with sentences up to life. Where anticipatory bail applications realistically succeed — and the conduct that decides them.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateMSME Dues and the IBC: When Insolvency Pressure Works — and When It Backfires
The Section 8 demand notice, the one-crore threshold, the pre-existing dispute defence and Section 240A's protections for MSME debtors — choosing between the NCLT route and a Samadhaan reference.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateWorks Contracts, Composite Supplies and the MSMED Act
Do supply-and-install and construction engagements count as 'goods or services' for Sections 15-18 MSMED claims? The characterisation fight, and how invoices, Udyam registration and GST records decide it.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Criminal LawAbetment and Attempt Under the POCSO Act: Sections 16 to 18 Explained
POCSO punishes the ecosystem around the offence: abettors face the substantive sentence, attempts carry half the maximum. What each charge requires and how they are tried and defended.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Criminal LawThe Medical Examination of Child Victims: Section 27 POCSO and Its Evidentiary Weight
Woman doctors for girl victims, trusted-adult presence, the MLC's corroborative role and chain-of-custody scrutiny — the law and practice of medical examination in POCSO cases.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeThe Power to Do Complete Justice: Article 142 in Supreme Court Practice
Comprehensive settlements, dissolved marriages, procedural rescues — and the limits the Supreme Court has drawn on itself. How Article 142 actually operates in special leave practice.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeJoining Someone Else's Case: Intervention and Impleadment in Supreme Court SLPs
Impleadment confers party status; intervention confers a hearing. Who qualifies for each, the recurring scenarios, and the drafting discipline that gets such applications allowed.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateCourt-Ordered Protection Around an Arbitration: Section 9 Interim Measures
Interim relief before, during and after arbitral proceedings, the ninety-day commencement rule, the Section 9(3) bar once a tribunal exists, and the Section 42 venue consequences of the first filing.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateArbitrability: The Disputes an Arbitration Clause Cannot Capture
Rights in rem versus in personam, the excluded categories — crimes, matrimonial status, insolvency, rent-controlled tenancies — and the narrowed fraud exception, across Sections 8, 11, 16 and 34.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateStopping the Encashment: Injunctions Against Bank Guarantees
Unconditional bank guarantees pay first and litigate later. The independence principle, the established-fraud and irretrievable-injustice exceptions, and how restraint applications are fought in Delhi.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDV Reliefs in Other Cases: S.26 – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 26 of the DV Act allows protection, residence, monetary, custody and compensation reliefs to be claimed in any pending civil, family or criminal proceeding — how the choice of forum works and the disclosure duty it carries.
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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.