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.
Mediation in Matrimonial and Maintenance Disputes: How Delhi Courts Actually Settle Cases
Referral, confidentiality, the composite settlement covering divorce, maintenance, custody and criminal cases, and how a signed settlement becomes an enforceable court order.
Read → 2 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDivorce under the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936: India's Most Distinctive Matrimonial Statute
Section 32 grounds with built-in limitation windows, mutual consent divorce under Section 32B, and the unique matrimonial courts in which delegates of the community decide the facts.
Read → 2 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilySecretly Recorded Calls Between Spouses Are Admissible in Matrimonial Cases: Vibhor Garg v. Neha
In Vibhor Garg v. Neha, 2025 INSC 829, the Supreme Court held that covert spousal recordings are admissible in divorce proceedings under the Section 122 Evidence Act exception, privacy objections notwithstanding.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyNo Second Bite at the Marriage Question: Delhi High Court on Maintenance and Finality
Dismissing a husband's revision against a Section 125 CrPC award, the Delhi High Court held that a concluded finding that the marriage exists cannot be re-agitated to escape maintenance liability.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDomestic Violence Proceedings After Divorce: What Survives, What Does Not
Divorce does not automatically end DV Act proceedings. How the aggrieved person definition, the timing of the violence and each relief — protection, residence, monetary, compensation — fare after the decree.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyGetting the Money Actually Paid: Enforcing Monetary Relief Under the DV Act
Section 20(6) employer-deduction directions, the borrowed maintenance-recovery machinery and the limits of Section 31 — the enforcement toolkit for monetary relief orders under the DV Act.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance Where the Marriage Itself Is Disputed: Void and Second Marriages
Section 144 BNSS, Sections 24-25 HMA and the DV Act treat imperfect marriages very differently. How claimants and respondents should choose and fight the forum when the marriage is attacked.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyRemarriage After Divorce: Section 15 HMA and the Appeal-Period Trap
The right to remarry springs from the decree's finality, not its date. The ninety-day appeal window, mutual consent nuances, and the risks of marrying too early under Section 15 of the Hindu Marriage Act.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyForgiven, Not Forgotten? Condonation of Cruelty Under Section 23(1)(b) HMA
Resumed cohabitation after cruelty can bar a divorce petition — unless fresh misconduct revives the condoned conduct. The elements, the revival doctrine and pleading strategy for both sides.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDV Reliefs in Other Cases: S.26 – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 26 of the DV Act allows protection, residence, monetary, custody and compensation reliefs to be claimed in any pending civil, family or criminal proceeding — how the choice of forum works and the disclosure duty it carries.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyShelter and Services: DV Act – Advocate Manish Jha
Sections 4 to 10 of the DV Act build a support apparatus of shelter homes, medical facilities, Protection Officers and registered service providers that operates before any court order — an explainer on activating it.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance Under the SMA: Ss.36-37 – Advocate Manish Jha
Couples married under the Special Marriage Act have their own maintenance code: alimony pendente lite under Section 36 and permanent alimony under Section 37, alongside the neutral remedy of Section 144 BNSS.
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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.