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.
NDPS Sentence After 24 Years – Advocate Manish Jha
The Delhi High Court upholds a 2004 NDPS conviction for 105 grams of charas but reduces the sentence to time served, weighing 24 years of pendency, poverty and the reformative thrust of the 2001 Amendment.
Read → 8 September 2026 · Criminal LawElopement Case, 17 Years Later – Advocate Manish Jha
The Delhi High Court upholds a kidnapping conviction in a 2009 teenage elopement but limits the sentence to custody undergone, citing the appellant's youth, the absence of force and both parties' settled married lives.
Read → 8 September 2026 · Criminal LawBail for Juveniles: S.12 JJ Act – Advocate Manish Jha
For a child in conflict with law, bail is the rule whatever the offence: the mandatory framework of Section 12 JJ Act, its three narrow exceptions, Delhi JJB practice and the appellate remedies.
Read → 8 September 2026 · Criminal LawGetting NBWs Recalled in Delhi – Advocate Manish Jha
Why courts issue non-bailable warrants, the anatomy of a recall application, and how an outstanding NBW undermines bail, anticipatory bail and every other application until it is addressed.
Read → 8 September 2026 · Criminal LawAnticipatory Bail in NDPS Cases – Advocate Manish Jha
Whether anticipatory bail is maintainable in NDPS matters, how Section 37's twin conditions travel into pre-arrest protection, and why quantity classification decides realistic prospects.
Read → 8 September 2026 · Criminal LawAnticipatory Bail Before an FIR – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 482 BNSS requires a reasonable apprehension of arrest, not a registered FIR. How pre-FIR anticipatory bail applications are founded, argued and drafted to survive the FIR when it comes.
Read → 8 September 2026 · Criminal LawWitness Protection in POCSO Trials – Advocate Manish Jha
How the Witness Protection Scheme 2018, given binding force in Mahender Chawla v. Union of India, operates in POCSO cases — threat categories, district machinery, and pairing Scheme relief with bail conditions.
Read → 8 September 2026 · Criminal LawStay of Conviction, Explained – Advocate Manish Jha
Suspension of sentence keeps a convict out of jail; only the exceptional stay of the conviction itself arrests disqualification, dismissal and debarment. When and how appellate courts grant it under Section 430 BNSS.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Criminal LawConfession & Acquittal: SC Ruling – Advocate Manish Jha
Sahab Singh v. State of Haryana (2026 INSC 945): acquittal after sixteen years in prison, with the Supreme Court holding the extra-judicial confession and last-seen circumstances unproved.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Criminal LawJuvenility After Conviction – Advocate Manish Jha
Mahavir @ Avnish v. State of MP (2026 INSC 942): a juvenility plea can be raised even after conviction attains finality, and a conviction of a juvenile tried as an adult can be recalled.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Criminal LawRelease of Seized Vehicles: SC – Advocate Manish Jha
ABC Express v. State of Gujarat (2026 INSC 940): statutory embargos do not extinguish the court's power to release seized vehicles pending trial on conditions.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Criminal LawDelayed Release After Bail – Advocate Manish Jha
Why prisoners stay inside after bail is granted — bonds, sureties, verification — and the remedies, in the spirit of Satender Kumar Antil, when conditions prove unworkable.
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.