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.
The Overlooked Applicant: Elderly Mothers and Widows Under the Domestic Violence Act
The DV Act protects any woman in a domestic relationship — including mothers and elderly women facing economic abuse or dispossession by their own children. Reliefs, forums and the parallel Senior Citizens Act track.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilySummoned Under the DV Act: Why a Respondent Is Not an Accused
DV Act proceedings feel criminal but seek civil, protective reliefs. What that means for arrest, appearance, standard of proof and strategy — and where Section 31 changes everything.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyThe Cash Economy Problem: Proving a Self-Employed Spouse's Income in Maintenance Cases
Affidavits of assets, GST and banking records, lifestyle evidence and adverse inference — how Delhi family courts reconstruct what a business-owning spouse actually earns.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWaiving Maintenance in a Matrimonial Settlement: What the Clause Can and Cannot Do
Full-and-final settlements routinely record maintenance waivers — but maintenance is a statutory protection, children stand outside the bargain, and adequacy decides later claims.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyCruelty by Litigation: When False Criminal Cases Become a Ground for Divorce
Fabricated complaints and prosecutions against a spouse and family can amount to mental cruelty under Section 13(1)(ia) HMA. What must be proved, and the defences that answer the plea.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWho Keeps What: Property on Divorce in Indian Law
India has no community property regime. Section 27 HMA, stridhan, permanent alimony, benami principles and DV Act residence rights — the instruments that actually move property when a marriage ends.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Cyber & FraudBail in Cyber Fraud FIRs: How Delhi Courts Approach the Money Trail
Mule accounts, layered transfers and frozen funds: the factors that decide regular bail in cyber fraud prosecutions under the BNS and IT Act, and the arguments that carry weight on both sides.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Criminal LawAfter a Cheque Bounce Conviction: Appeal, Bail and the Section 148 Deposit
Appealing a Section 138 NI Act conviction: suspension of sentence, the appellate court's power to order deposit of at least 20% of the compensation, and how settlement works at the appeal stage.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Criminal LawThe Clock on Anticipatory Bail: What Happens Once Arrest Takes Place
Anticipatory bail under Section 482 BNSS is prospective: arrest closes the door, interim protection covers the gap, and Sushila Aggarwal governs how long granted protection endures.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Criminal LawLiberty Is Not for Sale: The Limits on Monetary Conditions in Anticipatory Bail
Deposit-linked protection orders and maintenance-as-bail-condition directions are repeatedly disapproved — bail conditions must secure the trial, not decide the dispute. The permissible and the impermissible, mapped.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateThe Trader's Dilemma: Udyam Registration Without the Delayed-Payment Shield
Wholesale and retail traders can register on Udyam for priority-sector lending — but the MSMED Act's Section 15-18 machinery protects manufacturers and service enterprises. Where the line falls and what remains for traders.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateMSME Form-1: How the Companies Act Makes Delayed Payments Visible
Companies carrying dues to micro and small suppliers beyond 45 days must file half-yearly returns naming suppliers and reasons for delay — filings that become discovery in recovery litigation.
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.