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.
Revision 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 → 30 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeBeyond the Convict and the State: Locus Standi in Criminal SLPs
Convicts, the State, victims, complainants and third parties all petition under Article 136 — with different surrender rules, limitation discipline and leave-stage filters. A map of who can file a criminal SLP and how.
Read → 30 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeAppeal or Special Leave? Taking a Consumer Case from the NCDRC to the Supreme Court
Original NCDRC orders carry a statutory appeal under Section 67 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 — thirty days and a 50% deposit — while appellate orders leave only Article 136. Identifying the route decides everything.
Read → 28 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeClient Confidences Survive the Brief
Upholding a two-year suspension, the Supreme Court held on 21 August 2026 that an advocate cannot use information received in confidence against his client — even after the client becomes his adversary.
Read → 28 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeChallenging an Acquittal Under Article 136
The State, the victim and the complainant each have routes against an acquittal — all facing the double presumption of innocence. What earns leave, and how acquittals are defended.
Read → 27 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeInherent Powers: S.528 BNSS – Advocate Manish Jha
Quashing petition or revision? How Section 528 BNSS differs from the revisional jurisdiction under Sections 438 and 442, and how to choose — and plead — the right remedy in the Delhi High Court.
Read → 27 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeFiling an RFA in the Delhi HC – Advocate Manish Jha
Limitation under Article 116, ad valorem court fee, Order XLI grounds discipline, stay applications and Registry practice: the filing mechanics that decide how a Regular First Appeal begins.
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.