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.
MSMED Act Reference vs Contractual Arbitration Clause
What the statute itself says about the Facilitation Council route, its overriding effect over inconsistent laws, and where that leaves the arbitration clause the parties signed.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateWhat Counts as a Commercial Dispute: Section 2(1)(c) and Specified Value
The statutory definition that routes a suit to the commercial courts, how Specified Value is computed, and what changes procedurally once a case carries the commercial tag.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateSummary Suits Under Order 37 CPC for Recovery of Money
A recovery mechanism that reverses the usual sequence: the defendant must first obtain leave to defend, failing which the plaintiff becomes entitled to a decree.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Criminal LawThe Presumptions in POCSO: Sections 29 and 30
What the two presumption provisions of the POCSO Act actually say, when they begin to operate, and what a rebuttable presumption means for the defence.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Criminal LawAge Determination in POCSO Cases: Section 94 of the JJ Act
Why age is the threshold question in every POCSO case, the graded statutory scheme for proving it, and how a claim of juvenility by an accused is dealt with.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeAppeals Against Acquittal: Section 419 BNSS (formerly 378 CrPC)
Who may challenge an acquittal, which court hears it, the leave and limitation requirements written into the statute, and how such appeals proceed.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeAfter an SLP Fails: Review and Curative Petitions in the Supreme Court
Two narrow, rule-bound remedies stand between a dismissed special leave petition and absolute finality — and both are designed to fail in all but exceptional cases.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeSLPs Against Interlocutory and Bail Orders: What Article 136 Permits
The constitutional text is wide enough to reach any order of any court — but the width of the power and the willingness to use it are two very different things.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateAppeals Under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act
Which orders in the arbitration process can be appealed, which cannot, and where and within what time such appeals are taken in Delhi.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateArbitrator Ineligibility: Section 12(5) and the Seventh Schedule
How the 1996 Act secures the independence of arbitrators — disclosure under the Fifth and Sixth Schedules, the absolute bar of the Seventh, and what this means for appointment clauses.
Read → 21 August 2026 · Criminal LawThe UP Gangsters Act Is “Stillborn”: It Punishes Without Creating an Offence
In Shiv Pratap Singh v. State of U.P., 2026 INSC 894, the Supreme Court holds that the UP Gangsters Act defines a gangster and prescribes punishment but never creates an offence, and quashes gang-chart prosecutions against two advocates.
Read → 21 August 2026 · Criminal LawCaste Abuse Inside an Enclosed Room Is Not “Within Public View”: Supreme Court
In Ramkrishna Chauhan v. State of U.P., 2026 INSC 895, the Supreme Court quashes charges under Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) of the SC/ST Act where the alleged insult occurred in a closed school office, while the IPC prosecution continues.
Read →What Is Covered Here
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.