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.
First Appeals: Court's Duties – Advocate Manish Jha
Order XLI Rule 31 obliges the first appellate court to frame points, re-appreciate evidence and give reasons — and non-compliance is itself a ground of challenge.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeReformatio in Peius: The Supreme Court Says an Appeal Cannot Leave the Appellant Worse Off
In Saudi Arabian Airlines v. Union of India (2026 INSC 933), the Supreme Court quashed a penalty enhanced 590-fold on remand after the assessee's own appeal, holding that a litigant cannot be placed in a worse position for having availed a legal remedy.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeBeyond the High Courts: Special Leave Petitions Against Tribunal Orders
Article 136 reaches every court and tribunal except the armed forces regime — but statutory appeals and the exhaustion discipline shape the real route-map from NCLAT, TDSAT and other tribunals.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeWho Actually Files Your SLP: The Advocate-on-Record System of the Supreme Court
Only an Advocate-on-Record may act for a party in the Supreme Court. The system's origins, the AOR's functions, and how litigation teams are structured for SLPs.
Read → 2 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeThe CM(M) Petition: Supervisory Jurisdiction under Article 227 in the Delhi High Court
When an interlocutory civil order is wrong but unappealable, the CM(M) is often the only door — and it opens only for jurisdictional error. Scope, standards and strategy.
Read → 2 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeFull and Fair Disclosure in Special Leave Petitions: The Duty of Candour and Its Enforcement
Article 136 relief is discretionary and granted on the petitioner's papers alone. What must be disclosed in an SLP, how suppression is punished, and the drafting discipline that protects the petition.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeRevision Is Supervision, Not a Second Trial: Supreme Court on Section 115 CPC and Stays
In Madhav Vidarbha Estate v. Praharsh Corporation, 2026 INSC 925, the Supreme Court restated the narrow limits of civil revision and deprecated routine stays of trial that had kept a suit frozen for seven years.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeThe Power to Do Complete Justice: Article 142 in Supreme Court Practice
Comprehensive settlements, dissolved marriages, procedural rescues — and the limits the Supreme Court has drawn on itself. How Article 142 actually operates in special leave practice.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeJoining Someone Else's Case: Intervention and Impleadment in Supreme Court SLPs
Impleadment confers party status; intervention confers a hearing. Who qualifies for each, the recurring scenarios, and the drafting discipline that gets such applications allowed.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeDeath of a Party: Abatement Rules – Advocate Manish Jha
Order XXII CPC gives ninety days to bring legal representatives on record before a suit or appeal abates; Section 435 BNSS governs criminal appeals on the death of the accused — both regimes explained.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeArticle 32 vs Article 136 – Advocate Manish Jha
The guaranteed fundamental-rights remedy and the discretionary special leave jurisdiction are very different doors to the Supreme Court — when each opens and how the choice is made.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeBail Pending SLP After Conviction – Advocate Manish Jha
After conviction the presumption of innocence is gone — how suspension of sentence and bail are sought from the Supreme Court in criminal SLPs, and the factors that actually move such prayers.
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.