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.
Interim vs Final Maintenance – Advocate Manish Jha
The interim order rests on affidavits and a prima facie view; the final order on evidence. What changes between the two stages of a Section 144 BNSS case, and the mistakes each side should avoid.
Read → 27 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMental Illness as a Divorce Ground – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 13(1)(iii) HMA requires more than a diagnosis: the disorder's kind and extent must make cohabitation unreasonable, proved by medical evidence. What succeeds, and what fails.
Read → 27 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDivorce under Muslim Law – Advocate Manish Jha
Talaq forms after the 2019 Act, khula and mubarat, and the wife's judicial grounds under the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 — with the financial consequences of each route.
Read → 27 August 2026 · Criminal LawBail Before the Magistrate: S.480 – Advocate Manish Jha
Most bail litigation begins under Section 480 BNSS (old 437 CrPC): its restrictions for the gravest offences, the provisos for children, women and the sick, and how the first application is run.
Read → 27 August 2026 · Criminal LawThe Triple Test in Bail Matters – Advocate Manish Jha
Flight risk, tampering with evidence, influencing witnesses: how the triple test structures every bail and anticipatory bail hearing, and how each limb is argued and answered.
Read → 27 August 2026 · Criminal LawNo Blanket Anticipatory Bail – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 482 BNSS anchors anticipatory bail to a specific accusation. Why courts refuse blanket orders against future or unspecified FIRs, and the lawful toolkit for serial-FIR situations.
Read → 27 August 2026 · Criminal LawDrafting an AB Application – Advocate Manish Jha
Structure, annexures, disclosure duties and interim prayers: the anatomy of a well-drafted anticipatory bail application in Delhi, and the drafting failures that recur in dismissed ones.
Read → 27 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateMSME Dues from Government Buyers – Advocate Manish Jha
Government departments and PSUs are buyers under the MSMED Act: the 45-day ceiling, compound interest and the Samadhaan route apply to the State — with some added craft in enforcement.
Read → 27 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateMSME Classification Criteria – Advocate Manish Jha
Micro, small or medium? The composite investment-and-turnover test, the thresholds revised from 1 April 2025, and why classification decides access to the delayed-payment remedy.
Read → 27 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateAdmission-Denial of Documents – Advocate Manish Jha
In commercial suits every disclosed document must be admitted or denied on affidavit under four specified heads. How the Order XI regime works, and the cost of casual denials.
Read → 27 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateInterest in Recovery Suits – Advocate Manish Jha
Pre-suit, pendente lite and future interest are governed by different sources — contract, the Interest Act, 1978 and Section 34 CPC. How to plead each period, and the commercial-transaction gateway.
Read → 27 August 2026 · Criminal LawPOCSO and Adolescent Cases – Advocate Manish Jha
Consent below eighteen is legally irrelevant under POCSO, yet adolescent relationship cases fill the dockets. The statutory grid, bail practice in this category, and the Law Commission's 2023 position.
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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.