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.
Ex Parte in Commercial Suits – Advocate Manish Jha
The 120-day written statement bar, Order IX mechanics, ex parte decrees and the three routes back — Rule 7, Rule 13 and the first appeal — with the clocks that govern each.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Cyber & FraudOnline Offences: POCSO & S.67B IT Act – Advocate Manish Jha
Grooming, sexualised messaging and child sexual abuse material online are covered by an interlocking scheme of POCSO Sections 11 to 15 and Section 67B of the IT Act — the provisions, the forensics and the trial frame.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Criminal LawPOCSO and BNS Overlap: Ss.42-42A – Advocate Manish Jha
When one act offends both POCSO and the BNS or IT Act, Section 42 selects the greater punishment and Section 42A gives POCSO procedural primacy — charge framing and sentencing explained.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeDeath of a Party: Abatement Rules – Advocate Manish Jha
Order XXII CPC gives ninety days to bring legal representatives on record before a suit or appeal abates; Section 435 BNSS governs criminal appeals on the death of the accused — both regimes explained.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Criminal LawAdditional Evidence in Appeals – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 433 BNSS lets an appellate court take further evidence where necessary, recording reasons — the test, the scenarios that succeed, and how such applications are built and resisted.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeArticle 32 vs Article 136 – Advocate Manish Jha
The guaranteed fundamental-rights remedy and the discretionary special leave jurisdiction are very different doors to the Supreme Court — when each opens and how the choice is made.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeBail Pending SLP After Conviction – Advocate Manish Jha
After conviction the presumption of innocence is gone — how suspension of sentence and bail are sought from the Supreme Court in criminal SLPs, and the factors that actually move such prayers.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateEnding an Arbitrator’s Mandate – Advocate Manish Jha
Sections 14 and 15 of the Arbitration Act govern termination of an arbitrator’s mandate for inability, delay, withdrawal or agreement, and the substitution machinery that keeps the reference alive.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateConfidentiality in Arbitration: S.42A – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 42A imposes statutory confidentiality on arbitrators, institutions and parties — what it covers, where it runs out, and the contractual architecture that closes the gaps.
Read → 30 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilySixty to Ninety Days to Frame Charges: The Supreme Court's Ten Directions for Dowry and Cruelty Cases
By order dated 20 August 2026 in State of U.P. v. Ajmal Beg, the Supreme Court issued ten nationwide directions on Sections 304B and 498A IPC and Dowry Prohibition Act cases — 60-90 day charge framing, witness calendars, dashboards and thrice-yearly compliance reports.
Read → 30 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyNot a Charter of Indefeasible Occupation: Section 17, the Shared Household and Due Process
In KN v. AN (2026:DHC:6802), the Delhi High Court upheld a father-in-law's possession decree, holding the DV Act bars only eviction without due process — while securing the wife's residence through the husband: alternative accommodation or ₹35,000 monthly rent.
Read → 30 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyCapacity to Earn Is Not Actual Earnings: The Delhi High Court on Maintenance Under the DV Act
In D v. S (2026:DHC:6090), the Delhi High Court calibrated DV Act maintenance to a pilot husband's income period by period — and held that a qualified wife directed to seek work does not lose maintenance automatically when the year expires.
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.