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.
Maintenance for Divorced Muslim Women – Advocate Manish Jha
From Shah Bano through Danial Latifi to Mohd Abdul Samad (2024): the secular maintenance remedy under Section 125 CrPC / Section 144 BNSS is available to divorced Muslim women in addition to the 1986 Act.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance in Live-In Relationships – Advocate Manish Jha
Chanmuniya, Indra Sarma and the DV Act route: when a live-in partner can claim maintenance, which relationships qualify as relationships in the nature of marriage, and the evidence that decides these cases.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyThe One-Year Bar on Divorce: S.14 HMA – Advocate Manish Jha
No divorce petition lies within one year of marriage unless the court grants leave for exceptional hardship or exceptional depravity. How Section 14 HMA works, and the remedies it does not bar.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyChristian Divorce: The 1869 Act – Advocate Manish Jha
Divorce for Christians is governed by the Divorce Act, 1869, transformed by the 2001 amendment: equalised Section 10 grounds, mutual consent under Section 10A, and full alimony and custody jurisdiction in the Family Courts.
Read → 25 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDV Claims After a Settlement: SC – Advocate Manish Jha
In Reji Baby v. Subi Mary, 2026 INSC 918 (24 August 2026), the Supreme Court held that monetary claims a wife waived in a divorce settlement cannot be revived through DV Act proceedings — while preserving the daughter's independent right to relief.
Read → 25 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWhere to File a DV Case: S. 27 – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 27 of the DV Act lets the aggrieved person file where she resides — even temporarily — where the respondent lives, or where the cause of action arose, and makes DV orders enforceable throughout India.
Read → 25 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyRemarriage and Maintenance – Advocate Manish Jha
How remarriage affects maintenance: a divorced wife's claim under Section 144 BNSS ends prospectively, Section 25(3) HMA allows rescission of alimony, and the children's entitlement survives either parent's remarriage.
Read → 25 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyCan a Husband Claim Maintenance? – Advocate Manish Jha
Sections 24 and 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act are gender-neutral: a husband can claim maintenance and litigation expenses, but courts apply a demanding standard to able-bodied claimants.
Read → 25 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyIrretrievable Breakdown Divorce – Advocate Manish Jha
Shilpa Sailesh v. Varun Sreenivasan (Constitution Bench, 2023): the Supreme Court may dissolve a dead marriage under Article 142 and waive the Section 13B waiting period — but no writ petition can demand it.
Read → 25 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyThe Forgotten Divorce Grounds – Advocate Manish Jha
Conversion, incurable mental disorder, renunciation of the world and seven years unheard of: the less-used grounds in Section 13(1) HMA, what each requires, and the deletion of leprosy as a ground in 2019.
Read → 24 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyCompensation Orders under Section 22 of the DV Act
How compensation for mental torture and emotional distress is claimed under Section 22 of the DV Act, how it differs from monetary relief, and how Delhi courts fix quantum.
Read → 24 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyBreach of a Protection Order: The Offence under Section 31 DV Act
Violation of a protection order is a cognizable, non-bailable offence. Ingredients, arrest and bail position, trial before the same Magistrate, and defences.
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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.