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.
Eviction: Alternative Premises Plea Fails – Advocate Manish Jha
Delhi High Court upholds denial of leave to defend in a bona fide requirement eviction — bare pleas of alternative accommodation raise no triable issue.
Read → 13 September 2026 · Civil & PropertyDecades of Occupation, No Title: The Supreme Court on Adverse Possession and Religious Dedication
In Bhag Singh v. Basant Kaur (2026 INSC 983), the Supreme Court held that long possession without affirmatively proved hostile animus cannot ripen into adverse possession, revenue entries do not confer title, and religious dedication demands unequivocal proof.
Read → 13 September 2026 · Civil & PropertyClaiming the Roof Costs the Shelter: Second Appeal on Tenancy Repudiation Fails in the Delhi High Court
In Mohd. Mahboob v. Arshi Qureshi (RSA 126/2026), the Delhi High Court held a tenant who stopped paying rent and claimed ownership repudiated his tenancy, forfeiting the lease under Section 111(g) TPA and facing eviction as an unauthorised occupant.
Read → 13 September 2026 · Civil & PropertyA Law Office Is a Genuine Need: Delhi High Court Upholds Eviction in Rent Control Revision
In Naresh Kumar v. Sunny Kashyap (RC.REV. 330/2026), advocate-landlords' requirement of the premises for a law office was held bona fide; a court chamber, a distant residence and family-held shops were no answer as alternative accommodation.
Read → 12 September 2026 · Civil & PropertyNo Error Apparent: Debit Notes, Cheque Acknowledgments and the Limits of Review
The Delhi High Court dismissed review of an RFA judgment in a goods-recovery dispute: unproved debit notes could not reduce the claim, cheques operated as limitation acknowledgments, and review is not a second appeal.
Read → 12 September 2026 · Civil & PropertyWinning the Appeal Is Half the Battle: Restitution Under Section 144 CPC
When a decree is reversed in appeal or by the Supreme Court, Section 144 CPC unwinds what execution took — refund, possession, interest and mesne profits, by application in the original court, no fresh suit.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Civil & PropertyUnregistered Agreement to Sell Can Found a Specific Performance Suit: Delhi High Court
A Division Bench restored a plaint rejected for want of registration: under the proviso to Section 49, Registration Act, an unregistered agreement with possession can ground a specific performance suit, subject to stamp duty and penalty.
Read → 8 September 2026 · Civil & PropertyEnforcing Foreign Judgments – Advocate Manish Jha
How foreign money decrees are enforced in India — direct execution under Section 44A CPC for reciprocating territories, suits on foreign judgments for the rest, and the six defences of Section 13.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Civil & PropertyHomebuyers & Builder Default: SC – Advocate Manish Jha
In the Granite Gate insolvency (2026 INSC 952), the Supreme Court held that NOIDA's time-extension penalty charges for the builder's delay cannot be loaded onto homebuyers or the resolution applicant.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Civil & PropertyKeeping the Claim Alive: Acknowledgment and Part Payment under the Limitation Act
Sections 18 and 19 of the Limitation Act give recovery claims fresh life through signed acknowledgments and part payments. Balance confirmations, emails, running accounts — and the traps.
Read → 2 September 2026 · Civil & PropertyFreezing the Defendant's Assets Before Decree: Attachment Before Judgment under Order XXXVIII Rule 5
The strict intent-to-defeat-execution test, the security-first procedure, the commercial and arbitration contexts, and how defendants get attachments lifted.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Civil & PropertyTransmission Is Not Service: Ex-Parte Decree Set Aside Over WhatsApp Summons
In FAO 268/2026 the Delhi High Court held that sending summons over WhatsApp is not conclusive proof of actual notice, and set aside a Rs. 10 lakh ex-parte decree under Order IX Rule 13 CPC.
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.