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.
Settlement in POCSO Cases – Advocate Manish Jha
POCSO offences cannot be compounded, and quashing on compromise is exceptional. What the inherent power under Section 528 BNSS can and cannot do, and the merits-based route that legitimately remains.
Read → 27 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeInherent Powers: S.528 BNSS – Advocate Manish Jha
Quashing petition or revision? How Section 528 BNSS differs from the revisional jurisdiction under Sections 438 and 442, and how to choose — and plead — the right remedy in the Delhi High Court.
Read → 27 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeFiling an RFA in the Delhi HC – Advocate Manish Jha
Limitation under Article 116, ad valorem court fee, Order XLI grounds discipline, stay applications and Registry practice: the filing mechanics that decide how a Regular First Appeal begins.
Read → 27 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeSLPs and Concurrent Findings – Advocate Manish Jha
The Supreme Court rarely disturbs concurrent findings of fact. The narrow recognised gates — perversity, ignored evidence, wrong legal test — and how SLPs against concurrent decrees are framed.
Read → 27 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeSettling a Case at the SLP Stage – Advocate Manish Jha
How settlements are recorded in the Supreme Court, what Article 142 can close along with the SLP, and the drafting that makes a compromise actually final across all connected proceedings.
Read → 27 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateArbitrator Fees: Fourth Schedule – Advocate Manish Jha
Who fixes an arbitrator's fees, what the Fourth Schedule model scale provides, and the instruments — institutional rules, fee anchors, first procedural orders — that keep arbitration costs proportionate.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Criminal LawBail in Murder: Reasons Must Show – Advocate Manish Jha
In Yash Mahesh Gaikwad v. State of Maharashtra (2026 INSC 917, 20 August 2026) the Supreme Court set aside bail granted to murder accused, holding that bail orders in serious offences must record justifiable reasons reflecting application of mind.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Criminal LawNo Coercive Steps: True Scope – Advocate Manish Jha
By order dated 24 August 2026 in Arun Kumar Mandal v. State of Jharkhand, the Supreme Court clarified that interim protection from arrest does not bar the investigating officer from completing the investigation and filing a charge sheet.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Criminal LawLong Custody as a Ground for Bail – Advocate Manish Jha
Prolonged undertrial custody with no realistic prospect of early trial completion can itself justify bail on Article 21 grounds — the K.A. Najeeb principle and Section 479 BNSS explained.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Criminal LawAnticipatory Bail: Which Court First? – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 482 BNSS gives the Sessions Court and the High Court concurrent anticipatory bail jurisdiction. When to start in the district court, when a direct High Court petition is justified, and how the second application should be built.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyAltering DV Orders: Section 25 – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 25 of the DV Act lets a Magistrate alter, modify or revoke protection and other orders on a recorded change in circumstances — on application, with reasons in writing. How the power works and what it is not.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyThe DIR in DV Cases – Advocate Manish Jha
The Domestic Incident Report is the DV Act's intake document — who prepares it, what Form I contains, and why the Supreme Court has held it is not a precondition for relief under Section 12.
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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.