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.
False 498A Case Costs the Marriage – Advocate Manish Jha
The Telangana High Court confirmed divorce for mental cruelty where the wife's criminal complaint ended in acquittal, while enhancing the minor daughter's permanent maintenance to ₹10 lakh.
Read → 28 September 2026 · Criminal LawVictim’s Appeal Goes to Sessions Court – Advocate Manish Jha
In Subhas Chandra Sarkar v. State of West Bengal (2026 INSC 1052), the Supreme Court held that a victim’s appeal against a Magistrate’s acquittal lies before the Sessions Court — not the High Court — under the proviso to Section 413 BNSS.
Read → 28 September 2026 · Criminal LawNo Retrial Without Prejudice: SC – Advocate Manish Jha
In Sanu Varghese v. Shoukkathali (2026 INSC 1053), the Supreme Court set aside a remand of a completed Section 138 NI Act trial: procedural lapses do not justify retrial unless actual prejudice is pleaded and shown.
Read → 28 September 2026 · Criminal LawSetting Aside Bail vs Cancelling It – Advocate Manish Jha
Dismissing CBI’s challenge to bail in the NSE phone-tapping case, the Delhi High Court restated the divide between setting aside a bail order for illegality and cancelling bail for post-release misconduct.
Read → 28 September 2026 · Criminal LawBail Below Commercial Quantity – Advocate Manish Jha
Regular bail granted where 54.88 grams of heroin — an intermediate quantity outside Section 37 NDPS — was recovered, the charge-sheet stood filed and a co-accused was already out on bail.
Read → 28 September 2026 · Criminal LawSC/ST Act & Anticipatory Bail Bar – Advocate Manish Jha
The Patna High Court dismissed a Section 14A appeal against refusal of anticipatory bail: once cognizance of SC/ST Act offences is taken, Section 18 bars pre-arrest bail unless no offence is prima facie made out.
Read → 28 September 2026 · Criminal LawPre-Arrest Bail After Four Years – Advocate Manish Jha
Anticipatory bail in a rioting and Explosive Substances Act case: the accused learnt of the proceedings four years on, had clean antecedents, and the charge-sheet had narrowed a crowd of 150 to fourteen names.
Read → 28 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDV Maintenance Cut Reversed – Advocate Manish Jha
The Uttarakhand High Court restored a ₹10,000 DV Act maintenance award slashed to ₹3,500 on appeal: reductions must be justified against the husband’s proven means — here a ₹65,000 government salary.
Read → 28 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDV Case & FIR End on Settlement – Advocate Manish Jha
One settlement closed two proceedings: the Rajasthan High Court quashed a Section 12 DV Act case and a 498A/406 FIR together under Section 528 BNSS after the parties made peace.
Read → 28 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance for the Deceived Wife – Advocate Manish Jha
₹2.5 lakh monthly maintenance to a woman and child confirmed where the man concealed his subsisting first marriage: a man cannot take advantage of his own wrong, and strict proof of marriage is not required.
Read → 28 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyAnnulment for Concealed Illness Fails – Advocate Manish Jha
A husband’s plea to annul his marriage over an allegedly concealed medical condition failed on appeal: matrimonial fraud demands clear, cogent and strict proof, and his own pleadings undid him.
Read → 28 September 2026 · Criminal LawPOCSO Bail: Timeline Was Decisive – Advocate Manish Jha
Bail in a POCSO case where the relationship was prima facie consensual and the pregnancy dated to a period after the complainant attained majority — a study in how calendars decide these pleas.
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.