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.
Condonation of Delay in Appeals – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 5 of the Limitation Act and sufficient cause in civil appeals: the periods, the Katiji principles, segment-wise explanation of delay, and how respondents oppose condonation.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeO.41 R.33 & Remand in First Appeals – Advocate Manish Jha
Order XLI Rule 33 lets the appellate court pass the decree that ought to have been passed — even for non-appealing parties — and Rules 23, 23A and 25 govern when a suit goes back for retrial.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeExemption from Surrender in SLPs – Advocate Manish Jha
A criminal SLP against conviction is not listed unless the petitioner has surrendered or is exempted under Order XXII of the Supreme Court Rules, 2013. The sequence, the grounds and the timing traps.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeStay and Interim Relief in SLPs – Advocate Manish Jha
Filing an SLP does not stay the judgment below. How stay and interim relief are actually obtained in the Supreme Court, the conditions imposed, and what happens when the petition is dismissed.
Read → 25 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDV Claims After a Settlement: SC – Advocate Manish Jha
In Reji Baby v. Subi Mary, 2026 INSC 918 (24 August 2026), the Supreme Court held that monetary claims a wife waived in a divorce settlement cannot be revived through DV Act proceedings — while preserving the daughter's independent right to relief.
Read → 25 August 2026 · Civil & PropertyExecution Cannot Outrun the Decree – Advocate Manish Jha
In State of H.P. v. Jameet Singh, 2026 INSC 885, the Supreme Court set aside execution orders granting allowances the decree never awarded, restating that an executing court cannot travel beyond the order it enforces.
Read → 25 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWhere to File a DV Case: S. 27 – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 27 of the DV Act lets the aggrieved person file where she resides — even temporarily — where the respondent lives, or where the cause of action arose, and makes DV orders enforceable throughout India.
Read → 25 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyRemarriage and Maintenance – Advocate Manish Jha
How remarriage affects maintenance: a divorced wife's claim under Section 144 BNSS ends prospectively, Section 25(3) HMA allows rescission of alimony, and the children's entitlement survives either parent's remarriage.
Read → 25 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyCan a Husband Claim Maintenance? – Advocate Manish Jha
Sections 24 and 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act are gender-neutral: a husband can claim maintenance and litigation expenses, but courts apply a demanding standard to able-bodied claimants.
Read → 25 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyIrretrievable Breakdown Divorce – Advocate Manish Jha
Shilpa Sailesh v. Varun Sreenivasan (Constitution Bench, 2023): the Supreme Court may dissolve a dead marriage under Article 142 and waive the Section 13B waiting period — but no writ petition can demand it.
Read → 25 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyThe Forgotten Divorce Grounds – Advocate Manish Jha
Conversion, incurable mental disorder, renunciation of the world and seven years unheard of: the less-used grounds in Section 13(1) HMA, what each requires, and the deletion of leprosy as a ground in 2019.
Read → 25 August 2026 · Criminal LawBailable vs Non-Bailable Offences – Advocate Manish Jha
What makes an offence bailable, the enforceable right to release under Section 478 BNSS, the one-week indigent-person rule, and how the First Schedule classification drives strategy from the first hour of an arrest.
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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.