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.
Backing 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 → 21 October 2026 · Procedure & PracticeNew Grounds In A First Appeal – Advocate Manish Jha
Order 41 Rule 2 CPC confines the appellant to the memorandum of appeal, with leave as the exception: when new grounds and pure questions of law can be raised in a first appeal.
Read → 20 October 2026 · Commercial & Corporate"Or Otherwise" Bars Pre-Award Interest – Advocate Manish Jha
In MS Sharma Enterprises v. NBCC (2026 INSC 1135), the Supreme Court holds that a contract clause barring interest on amounts withheld due to dispute, delay "or otherwise" deprives the arbitrator of power to award pre-reference and pendente lite interest, while post-award interest under Section 31(7)(b) survives.
Read → 20 October 2026 · Commercial & CorporateThird-Party Funding of Disputes – Advocate Manish Jha
Outside funding of litigation and arbitration is lawful in India within contract-law limits: who may fund, why advocates may not, what funding agreements must address, and how courts and tribunals treat funded parties.
Read → 20 October 2026 · Commercial & CorporateThe Commercial Suit Clock – Advocate Manish Jha
Every statutory timeline in a commercial suit, from pre-institution mediation and the unforgiving 120-day written statement cap to case management, the 90-day judgment rule and the 60-day appeal.
Read → 20 October 2026 · Commercial & CorporateLiquidated Damages: Section 74 – Advocate Manish Jha
A stipulated damages figure is a ceiling, not an entitlement: how Section 74 of the Contract Act treats liquidated damages, penalties and forfeiture clauses, and how to plead and resist such claims.
Read → 20 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilySecuring Maintenance on Property – Advocate Manish Jha
Maintenance can be anchored to immovable property: charges under Sections 27-28 HAMA and Section 39 TPA, security under Section 25 HMA, and attachment in execution — and how a charge binds transferees with notice.
Read → 20 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance Survives Insolvency – Advocate Manish Jha
Maintenance is an "excluded debt" under Section 79(15) of the IBC: no fresh start, repayment plan or bankruptcy discharge erases it, and a company's CIRP does not shield its promoter's personal duty to maintain.
Read → 20 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDV Act in the Natal Home – Advocate Manish Jha
The DV Act protects women in any domestic relationship — by blood, marriage, adoption or joint family. Daughters, sisters, mothers and widows can seek protection, residence and monetary relief against their own natal family.
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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.