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.
Timelines in POCSO Trials: Sections 28 and 35 and the One-Year Discipline
Child evidence within thirty days of cognizance and trial within a year — how the POCSO clocks work, why they slip, and what delay means for bail and strategy.
Read → 23 August 2026 · Criminal LawBail, Delay and a Gruesome Charge – Advocate Manish Jha
Delay in trial is a relevant factor but never a passport to bail: the Delhi High Court refuses regular bail to a man accused of murdering his wife and disposing of her body in a septic tank.
Read → 23 August 2026 · Criminal LawMedical Interim Bail Under Scrutiny – Advocate Manish Jha
The Delhi High Court refuses eight weeks of medical interim bail to a POCSO accused whose condition was stable under government care, and censures a jail doctor who signed a report under a rank he did not hold.
Read → 23 August 2026 · Criminal LawDefault Bail under Section 187 BNSS – Advocate Manish Jha
Default bail under Section 187(3) BNSS arises from the calendar, not the merits: if the chargesheet is not filed within 60 or 90 days of first remand, the accused earns a right to release on applying and furnishing bail.
Read → 23 August 2026 · Criminal LawAnticipatory Bail in Economic Offences – Advocate Manish Jha
Courts apply a stricter lens to pre-arrest protection in cheating, forgery and financial fraud cases, but Section 482 BNSS relief is not barred: the factors that count on each side, and the conditions typically imposed.
Read → 23 August 2026 · Criminal LawAnatomy of an Anticipatory Bail Order – Advocate Manish Jha
From filing and first listing through interim protection, status report and final order: the life-cycle of an anticipatory bail application under Section 482 BNSS, and what breach or withdrawal means.
Read → 23 August 2026 · Criminal LawRecording Child Statements Under POCSO – Advocate Manish Jha
Sections 24 to 26 POCSO, read with Section 183 BNSS, lay down a child-friendly procedure for recording the statement of a child: who records it, where, in whose presence, and what non-compliance means.
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 · 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 · 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 →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.