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.
Divorce Ends, Support Does Not – Advocate Manish Jha
In Mamta Devi v. Sanjay Kumar (2026 INSC 346), the Supreme Court upholds a divorce on concurrent findings of cruelty and desertion but directs the husband to pay ₹10,000 monthly maintenance to the former wife.
Read → 19 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDIR Cannot Trump the Complaint – Advocate Manish Jha
In Vandana Aggarwal v. Pratik Goyal, the Delhi High Court holds a Domestic Incident Report can neither substitute nor supersede the Section 12 complaint, and restores two deleted respondents to a DV case.
Read → 19 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyChildren Under the DV Act – Advocate Manish Jha
Who is a child under Section 2(b), maintenance for children inside Section 20 monetary relief, temporary custody under Section 21 and protection orders — the DV Act's reliefs for minors, mapped.
Read → 19 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyLitigation Expenses in Divorce – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 24 HMA has two components, and the forgotten one funds the case itself: what expenses of the proceeding cover, how to plead them, and how courts calibrate the figure.
Read → 19 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyThe Respondent's Counterclaim – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 23A HMA lets a respondent counterclaim for divorce or judicial separation on the petitioner's adultery, cruelty or desertion — one trial, both cases, and no race to file first.
Read → 19 October 2026 · Criminal LawBail and Unsoundness of Mind – Advocate Manish Jha
BNSS Chapter XXVII pauses inquiry and trial where the accused cannot make a defence and creates its own release route under Section 369 — how it runs parallel to ordinary bail.
Read → 19 October 2026 · Criminal LawPre-Arrest Bail in Suicide Cases – Advocate Manish Jha
Anticipatory bail in abetment of suicide cases under Section 108 BNS: how courts read the suicide note, the requirement of proximate instigation, and framing the application.
Read → 19 October 2026 · Criminal LawNo Pre-Arrest Bail for Civil Arrest – Advocate Manish Jha
A warrant for unpaid maintenance under Section 144(3) BNSS is civil enforcement, not arrest for an offence — why anticipatory bail does not lie, and the remedies that actually work.
Read → 19 October 2026 · Procedure & PracticeWrong Label, Right Court – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 442(5) BNSS lets the High Court treat a revision filed under an erroneous belief that no appeal lay as a petition of appeal — the conversion power, its conditions and the traps.
Read → 19 October 2026 · Procedure & PracticeAppeals After a Guilty Plea – Advocate Manish Jha
Sections 416 and 417 BNSS bar appeals after a plea of guilty and in petty cases — but sentence appeals, challenges to the plea's validity and revision survive. The full map.
Read → 19 October 2026 · Criminal LawWhen the Child Turns Hostile – Advocate Manish Jha
What happens in a POCSO trial when the victim resiles: the hostile-witness procedure, the status of earlier statements, the Section 29 presumption and both sides' playbook.
Read → 19 October 2026 · Criminal LawFree Medical Care for Victims – Advocate Manish Jha
Every hospital must give POCSO and sexual offence victims free first-aid and treatment under Section 397 BNSS, with refusal punishable — the right, the duty and the remedies.
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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.