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.
A Mother's Earnings Do Not Halve the Father's Duty: The Supreme Court on Child Maintenance
In Sujata Kumari v. Rahul Kumar, 2026 INSC 896, the Supreme Court restored a Family Court's interim maintenance award for two minor daughters, holding that parental obligation "cannot be divided by arithmetic alone".
Read → 22 August 2026 · Criminal LawOnly "Tainted" Consent Makes It an Offence: Delhi High Court on False Promise of Marriage
Granting bail in Vimal v. State NCT of Delhi, Justice Girish Kathpalia held that a consensual relationship becomes an offence only where consent was genuinely induced by a false assurance of marriage — and examined the timeline of the relationship to test that claim.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Civil & PropertyMutation Entries Do Not Decide Ownership: The Supreme Court in Jamnabai v. Vasudev
The Supreme Court restored concurrent findings of two courts, holding that revenue entries serve fiscal purposes only, that limitation runs from knowledge of the hostile claim, and that Section 100 CPC does not permit re-appreciation of facts.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyProtection Orders Under Section 18 of the DV Act
The preventive backbone of the Act of 2005 — what a protection order forbids, how it is obtained before the Magistrate, and why its breach is a criminal offence.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWho Can File a DV Case, and Against Whom: Key Definitions in the DV Act
Five definitions in the Act of 2005 decide almost every threshold question — who may complain, who may be arrayed, and what conduct counts as domestic violence.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance Pendente Lite Under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act
Interim maintenance and litigation expenses during matrimonial proceedings — a gender-neutral remedy available to either spouse under the Act of 1955.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyRestitution of Conjugal Rights Under Section 9 HMA
What the decree of restitution actually does, how it is enforced, and what follows when a spouse does not resume cohabitation.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDivorce Under the Special Marriage Act, 1954
How civil and inter-faith marriages solemnised or registered under the Act of 1954 are dissolved, and how the process compares with divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Criminal LawCancellation of Bail: Section 483(3) BNSS (formerly 439(2) CrPC)
The statutory power of the High Court and Court of Session to direct that a person released on bail be arrested, and how that power is invoked in practice.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Criminal LawAnticipatory Bail at the Chargesheet Stage: How the Position Changes
The text of Section 482 BNSS contains no stage bar, but once a chargesheet is filed the practical options and the framing of the apprehension change.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Criminal LawHow an Anticipatory Bail Application Proceeds in Delhi
From choosing the forum under Section 482 BNSS to interim protection, the status report, conditions and the furnishing of bonds.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateFacing an MSME Samadhaan Claim: The Buyer's Side of Section 18
What happens after a supplier files a reference before the Facilitation Council, the defences a buyer can place on record, and the interest and pre-deposit provisions that shape the exposure.
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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.