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.
SARFAESI & NBFC Loans: SC Ruling – Advocate Manish Jha
Kotak Mahindra Bank v. Trupti Sanjay Mehta (2026 INSC 943): a bank acquiring loans from a non-notified NBFC can invoke the SARFAESI Act for debts live and owing at acquisition.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Criminal LawConfession & Acquittal: SC Ruling – Advocate Manish Jha
Sahab Singh v. State of Haryana (2026 INSC 945): acquittal after sixteen years in prison, with the Supreme Court holding the extra-judicial confession and last-seen circumstances unproved.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Criminal LawJuvenility After Conviction – Advocate Manish Jha
Mahavir @ Avnish v. State of MP (2026 INSC 942): a juvenility plea can be raised even after conviction attains finality, and a conviction of a juvenile tried as an adult can be recalled.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Criminal LawRelease of Seized Vehicles: SC – Advocate Manish Jha
ABC Express v. State of Gujarat (2026 INSC 940): statutory embargos do not extinguish the court's power to release seized vehicles pending trial on conditions.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDV Case Dismissed in Default? – Advocate Manish Jha
A DV Act complaint dismissed for non-appearance is not an acquittal — the routes to restoration, appeal under Section 29 and a fresh application, explained.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyTimelines in DV Act Cases – Advocate Manish Jha
The statutory clock in DV cases — three-day first hearing, two-day service, sixty-day disposal, thirty-day appeal — and how to hold a proceeding to it.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWorking Wife & Maintenance – Advocate Manish Jha
Employment is not a disqualification: how courts compare both incomes against the marital standard of living when an earning wife claims maintenance.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyChallenging Maintenance Orders – Advocate Manish Jha
Revision, appeal or Article 227? The correct route against maintenance orders under Section 144 BNSS, the HMA and the DV Act — and why compliance comes first.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWhatsApp Evidence in Divorce – Advocate Manish Jha
Proving WhatsApp chats, emails and call records in matrimonial trials under the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam — and the Section 63(4) certificate litigants forget.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyEx Parte Divorce Decrees – Advocate Manish Jha
How divorces come to be decreed in a spouse's absence, the remedies under Order IX Rule 13 and Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, and the remarriage risk in between.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Criminal LawDelayed Release After Bail – Advocate Manish Jha
Why prisoners stay inside after bail is granted — bonds, sureties, verification — and the remedies, in the spirit of Satender Kumar Antil, when conditions prove unworkable.
Read → 4 September 2026 · Criminal LawNDPS Bail by Quantity – Advocate Manish Jha
Small, intermediate and commercial quantity decide the legal test for NDPS bail — when Section 37's twin conditions apply and when ordinary BNSS principles govern.
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.