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.
Maintenance for Divorced Muslim Women – Advocate Manish Jha
From Shah Bano through Danial Latifi to Mohd Abdul Samad (2024): the secular maintenance remedy under Section 125 CrPC / Section 144 BNSS is available to divorced Muslim women in addition to the 1986 Act.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance in Live-In Relationships – Advocate Manish Jha
Chanmuniya, Indra Sarma and the DV Act route: when a live-in partner can claim maintenance, which relationships qualify as relationships in the nature of marriage, and the evidence that decides these cases.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyThe One-Year Bar on Divorce: S.14 HMA – Advocate Manish Jha
No divorce petition lies within one year of marriage unless the court grants leave for exceptional hardship or exceptional depravity. How Section 14 HMA works, and the remedies it does not bar.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyChristian Divorce: The 1869 Act – Advocate Manish Jha
Divorce for Christians is governed by the Divorce Act, 1869, transformed by the 2001 amendment: equalised Section 10 grounds, mutual consent under Section 10A, and full alimony and custody jurisdiction in the Family Courts.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Criminal LawPOCSO Offences & Punishments – Advocate Manish Jha
The POCSO Act's graded offence pairs mapped — Sections 3 to 12, the aggravated forms, the 2019 minimum-sentence enhancements, and why classification decides bail, trial and sentence.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Criminal LawFalse Complaints under POCSO: S.22 – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 22 POCSO punishes complaints made solely to humiliate, extort, threaten or defame — while immunising children entirely. Its three limbs, and why an acquittal alone does not trigger it.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateTReDS and MSME Receivables – Advocate Manish Jha
How the Trade Receivables Discounting System works for MSMEs, the onboarding obligations on large buyers, and how the platform record strengthens delayed-payment claims under the MSMED Act.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateMSMED Act Overriding Effect: S.24 – Advocate Manish Jha
Sections 15 to 23 of the MSMED Act override inconsistent contracts and laws: the 45-day cap, mandatory compound interest and the Facilitation Council remedy cannot be contracted out of.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateRejection of Plaint: Commercial Suits – Advocate Manish Jha
Order VII Rule 11 CPC in commercial litigation: the plaint-only test, the grounds, Section 12A pre-institution mediation defaults after Patil Automation, and the tactics on both sides.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateInterim Injunctions: Order XXXIX – Advocate Manish Jha
Temporary injunctions in commercial suits: the trinity test argued comparatively, ex parte relief and Rule 3 obligations, Rule 4 vacation for suppression, and undertakings as to damages.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporatePre-Deposit Clauses in Arbitration – Advocate Manish Jha
Clauses requiring a deposit before invoking arbitration: S.K. Jain upheld one, ICOMM Tele struck one down as arbitrary — the unsettled field, and how to test and draft such clauses today.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateEmergency Arbitration in India – Advocate Manish Jha
After Amazon v. Future Retail, an emergency arbitrator's award in an India-seated institutional arbitration is a Section 17 order, enforceable as an order of the court. How the mechanism works and when to prefer it to Section 9.
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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.