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.
Anticipatory Bail in NDPS Cases – Advocate Manish Jha
Whether anticipatory bail is maintainable in NDPS matters, how Section 37's twin conditions travel into pre-arrest protection, and why quantity classification decides realistic prospects.
Read → 8 September 2026 · Criminal LawAnticipatory Bail Before an FIR – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 482 BNSS requires a reasonable apprehension of arrest, not a registered FIR. How pre-FIR anticipatory bail applications are founded, argued and drafted to survive the FIR when it comes.
Read → 8 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateMSME Dues & Personal Guarantees – Advocate Manish Jha
The MSMED Act binds the buyer company, not its directors. When personal guarantees, cheque liability and veil-piercing genuinely reach the individuals — and how suppliers should build personal coverage from onboarding.
Read → 8 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateThe 45-Day Rule for Buyers – Advocate Manish Jha
How the MSMED Act's 45-day ceiling actually runs — acceptance and deemed acceptance, the 15-day objection window, compliant procure-to-pay design, and the compound-interest and disclosure exposure of getting it wrong.
Read → 8 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateWhere to File a Commercial Suit – Advocate Manish Jha
Choosing the right Delhi forum for a commercial claim: the Rs 3 lakh specified-value floor, the Rs 2 crore original-side line of the High Court, valuation under Section 12 and what the commercial track changes.
Read → 8 September 2026 · Civil & PropertyEnforcing Foreign Judgments – Advocate Manish Jha
How foreign money decrees are enforced in India — direct execution under Section 44A CPC for reciprocating territories, suits on foreign judgments for the rest, and the six defences of Section 13.
Read → 8 September 2026 · Criminal LawWitness Protection in POCSO Trials – Advocate Manish Jha
How the Witness Protection Scheme 2018, given binding force in Mahender Chawla v. Union of India, operates in POCSO cases — threat categories, district machinery, and pairing Scheme relief with bail conditions.
Read → 8 September 2026 · Criminal LawStay of Conviction, Explained – Advocate Manish Jha
Suspension of sentence keeps a convict out of jail; only the exceptional stay of the conviction itself arrests disqualification, dismissal and debarment. When and how appellate courts grant it under Section 430 BNSS.
Read → 8 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeAfter the Supreme Court Remands – Advocate Manish Jha
Many successful SLPs end in a remand. Open versus limited remands, what stands concluded, whether fresh evidence can be led, interim arrangements and the discipline proceedings after remand demand.
Read → 8 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeRatio, Obiter and Article 141 – Advocate Manish Jha
What part of a Supreme Court judgment binds under Article 141 — identifying the ratio decidendi, the weight of obiter, what SLP dismissals decide, bench strength and per incuriam in daily practice.
Read → 8 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateLimitation Inside Arbitration: S.43 – Advocate Manish Jha
Arbitration does not suspend limitation: Section 43 applies the Limitation Act to arbitral claims, the Section 21 notice stops the clock, and contractual time-bar clauses carry their own traps.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Civil & PropertyHomebuyers & Builder Default: SC – Advocate Manish Jha
In the Granite Gate insolvency (2026 INSC 952), the Supreme Court held that NOIDA's time-extension penalty charges for the builder's delay cannot be loaded onto homebuyers or the resolution applicant.
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.