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.
Arbitrability: The Disputes an Arbitration Clause Cannot Capture
Rights in rem versus in personam, the excluded categories — crimes, matrimonial status, insolvency, rent-controlled tenancies — and the narrowed fraud exception, across Sections 8, 11, 16 and 34.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateStopping the Encashment: Injunctions Against Bank Guarantees
Unconditional bank guarantees pay first and litigate later. The independence principle, the established-fraud and irretrievable-injustice exceptions, and how restraint applications are fought in Delhi.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateThe MSEFC’s 90-Day Timeline – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 18(5) MSMED Act directs Facilitation Councils to decide references within ninety days — what the clock covers, why references stall, and the levers that move a stalled claim.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateWho Can Invoke the MSMED Act? – Advocate Manish Jha
Delayed-payment claims rise or fall on the Section 2(n) supplier definition — enterprise category, Udyam registration timing, the trader exclusion, and what buyers attack first.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateAmending Pleadings: Commercial Suits – Advocate Manish Jha
Order VI Rule 17 in the commercial courts climate: the trial-commencement proviso, due diligence, late documents under Order XI, and statements of truth for amended pleadings.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateEx Parte in Commercial Suits – Advocate Manish Jha
The 120-day written statement bar, Order IX mechanics, ex parte decrees and the three routes back — Rule 7, Rule 13 and the first appeal — with the clocks that govern each.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateEnding an Arbitrator’s Mandate – Advocate Manish Jha
Sections 14 and 15 of the Arbitration Act govern termination of an arbitrator’s mandate for inability, delay, withdrawal or agreement, and the substitution machinery that keeps the reference alive.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateConfidentiality in Arbitration: S.42A – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 42A imposes statutory confidentiality on arbitrators, institutions and parties — what it covers, where it runs out, and the contractual architecture that closes the gaps.
Read → 30 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateHow Long Must You Wait? The Gap Between a Section 21 Notice and a Section 11 Petition
In Sugat Jain v. Amit Jain (2026:DHC:7161), the Delhi High Court held Section 11(6) prescribes no fixed waiting period after the arbitration notice — reasonableness depends on whether the agreed procedure has in fact failed — and appointed a sole arbitrator.
Read → 30 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporatePurchase Preference Is Not a Passport: MSE Relaxations in Health and Safety Procurements
In Althion Tech Innovations v. Union of India (2026:DHC:6904-DB), a Division Bench upheld a ₹33 crore turnover criterion in a hemodialysis equipment tender against an MSE challenge — health and safety procurements may decline MSE relaxations, though the tender's anomaly was flagged.
Read → 30 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateSubstance Over Arithmetic: An EMD Shortfall Does Not Void a SARFAESI Auction
In Lakshmi Mohan v. Airtech Projects (2026 INSC 909), the Supreme Court upheld a 2009 auction despite a ₹35,000 earnest money shortfall — the Rule 9(3) 25% deposit was made the same day and no prejudice resulted — while directing the bank to refund the surplus with interest.
Read → 30 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateArticle 226 and the Facilitation Council: Mapping the Writ Remedy in MSMED Disputes
Buyers reach for writ petitions to escape the 75% deposit under Section 19 MSMED; High Courts usually relegate them. Where Article 226 genuinely operates in the Section 18 process — and how suppliers should defend their awards.
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.