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.
DV Case Dismissed in Default? – Advocate Manish Jha
A DV Act complaint dismissed for non-appearance is not an acquittal — the routes to restoration, appeal under Section 29 and a fresh application, explained.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyTimelines in DV Act Cases – Advocate Manish Jha
The statutory clock in DV cases — three-day first hearing, two-day service, sixty-day disposal, thirty-day appeal — and how to hold a proceeding to it.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWorking Wife & Maintenance – Advocate Manish Jha
Employment is not a disqualification: how courts compare both incomes against the marital standard of living when an earning wife claims maintenance.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyChallenging Maintenance Orders – Advocate Manish Jha
Revision, appeal or Article 227? The correct route against maintenance orders under Section 144 BNSS, the HMA and the DV Act — and why compliance comes first.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWhatsApp Evidence in Divorce – Advocate Manish Jha
Proving WhatsApp chats, emails and call records in matrimonial trials under the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam — and the Section 63(4) certificate litigants forget.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyEx Parte Divorce Decrees – Advocate Manish Jha
How divorces come to be decreed in a spouse's absence, the remedies under Order IX Rule 13 and Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, and the remarriage risk in between.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyThe Overlooked Applicant: Elderly Mothers and Widows Under the Domestic Violence Act
The DV Act protects any woman in a domestic relationship — including mothers and elderly women facing economic abuse or dispossession by their own children. Reliefs, forums and the parallel Senior Citizens Act track.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilySummoned Under the DV Act: Why a Respondent Is Not an Accused
DV Act proceedings feel criminal but seek civil, protective reliefs. What that means for arrest, appearance, standard of proof and strategy — and where Section 31 changes everything.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyThe Cash Economy Problem: Proving a Self-Employed Spouse's Income in Maintenance Cases
Affidavits of assets, GST and banking records, lifestyle evidence and adverse inference — how Delhi family courts reconstruct what a business-owning spouse actually earns.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWaiving Maintenance in a Matrimonial Settlement: What the Clause Can and Cannot Do
Full-and-final settlements routinely record maintenance waivers — but maintenance is a statutory protection, children stand outside the bargain, and adequacy decides later claims.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyCruelty by Litigation: When False Criminal Cases Become a Ground for Divorce
Fabricated complaints and prosecutions against a spouse and family can amount to mental cruelty under Section 13(1)(ia) HMA. What must be proved, and the defences that answer the plea.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWho Keeps What: Property on Divorce in Indian Law
India has no community property regime. Section 27 HMA, stridhan, permanent alimony, benami principles and DV Act residence rights — the instruments that actually move property when a marriage ends.
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.