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.
Recalling An Auction Is Lawful – Advocate Manish Jha
In Satinder Pal Singh v. Bedi Hospital (2026 INSC 1142), the Supreme Court holds a public authority may revisit an auction to maximise price until the conveyance deed creates an enforceable contract.
Read → 21 October 2026 · Cyber & FraudChildren's Internet Right & CSEAM – Advocate Manish Jha
In Just Rights for Children Alliance v. S. Harish (2026 INSC 1149), the Supreme Court affirms children's fundamental right to internet access, rejects blanket bans, and frames a CSEAM detection and takedown regime.
Read → 21 October 2026 · Commercial & CorporateAward Service Starts The Clock – Advocate Manish Jha
In Gail Gas v. Saraswati Concast, the Delhi High Court holds a speed-post receipt with an incomplete address raises no presumption of service of the award, keeping Section 34 objections within limitation.
Read → 21 October 2026 · Criminal LawBribe Demand Needs No 17A Nod – Advocate Manish Jha
In Tejaram v. State of Rajasthan (2026 INSC 1147), the Supreme Court holds a bribe demand is a pure criminal act outside official functions, so Section 17A PC Act approval is not required.
Read → 21 October 2026 · Criminal LawCredit Deal FIR Survives Quashing – Advocate Manish Jha
The Delhi High Court refuses to quash a cheating FIR over jewellery supplied on credit, holding that alleged assurances inducing the supply take the case beyond a mere commercial dispute.
Read → 21 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyThe DV Act After The Divorce – Advocate Manish Jha
A domestic relationship that has ended is still a domestic relationship for the violence committed while it lasted: what a divorced woman can still claim under the 2005 Act after Prabha Tyagi.
Read → 21 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWhen The Husband Seeks Support – Advocate Manish Jha
Sections 24 and 25 HMA are gender-neutral: a husband without independent income can seek interim maintenance and alimony — but incapacity, not idleness, is the test courts apply.
Read → 21 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyBiodata Income In Court – Advocate Manish Jha
Matrimonial profiles often inflate income. How courts treat shaadi-portal figures and biodata claims when fixing maintenance, and how real income is established through the disclosure regime.
Read → 21 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyBacking Out Of A 13B Divorce – Advocate Manish Jha
Mutual consent must continue until the decree: Sureshta Devi and Hitesh Bhatnagar on unilateral withdrawal at the second motion, the 18-month period, and drafting settlements against the risk.
Read → 21 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyClosed Doors In Family Cases – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 22 HMA, Section 11 Family Courts Act and Section 33 SMA let either party insist on in camera matrimonial proceedings — with a statutory bar on publication that bites in the social-media age.
Read → 21 October 2026 · Commercial & CorporateThe MSMED Interest Machine – Advocate Manish Jha
Sections 15 to 17 MSMED Act: when payment falls due, how compound interest at three times the RBI bank rate accrues with monthly rests, and why the liability cannot be contracted away.
Read → 21 October 2026 · Procedure & PracticeWhen The Court Is On Vacation – Advocate Manish Jha
Vacation benches, urgent listings and timelines that expire during court holidays — the working rules, with the Supreme Court's Kamran guidance for registries and cautionary note on ex parte vacation listings.
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.