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.
Do It Yourself, at Their Cost: Substituted Performance under the Amended Specific Relief Act
Section 20 of the Specific Relief Act lets a promisee complete the contract through a third party and recover the costs — if the mandatory 30-day notice was served. The mechanics, the traps and the defences.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Civil & PropertyKeeping the Claim Alive: Acknowledgment and Part Payment under the Limitation Act
Sections 18 and 19 of the Limitation Act give recovery claims fresh life through signed acknowledgments and part payments. Balance confirmations, emails, running accounts — and the traps.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Criminal LawMarried, Minor, and the Law: How PCMA and POCSO Operate Together
Validity of a minor's marriage under the PCMA, why marriage is no defence to POCSO, and how courts handle the elopement cases where the two statutes collide.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Criminal LawNo Bail Behind the Victim's Back: Notice and Hearing in POCSO Bail Applications
The informant-presence mandate, POCSO's support framework and Delhi practice have made victim participation part of every child sexual offence bail hearing — what it means for both sides.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Criminal LawLate to the Appeal: Condonation of Delay in Criminal Appeals
Limitation periods for criminal appeals, the liberal tilt for convicts and the stricter gaze on State delay, and how to build a day-by-day condonation application that succeeds.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeBeyond the High Courts: Special Leave Petitions Against Tribunal Orders
Article 136 reaches every court and tribunal except the armed forces regime — but statutory appeals and the exhaustion discipline shape the real route-map from NCLAT, TDSAT and other tribunals.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeWho Actually Files Your SLP: The Advocate-on-Record System of the Supreme Court
Only an Advocate-on-Record may act for a party in the Supreme Court. The system's origins, the AOR's functions, and how litigation teams are structured for SLPs.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateNinety Days and a Short Rope: Limitation for Setting Aside an Arbitral Award
Section 34(3)'s three months plus thirty days — 'but not thereafter' — excludes ordinary condonation. When the period starts, the exclusions that survive, and limitation as the award-holder's shield.
Read → 3 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateFighting Back in the Same Forum: Counterclaims and Set-Off in Arbitration
Section 23(2A) brings the respondent's claims into the same reference. Scope, limitation, fees and the six-month pleading discipline — with strategy for both sides.
Read → 2 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWhy a DV Act Application Cannot Be Dismissed as Time-Barred: Kamatchi v. Lakshmi Narayanan
In Kamatchi v. Lakshmi Narayanan (2022), the Supreme Court held that the limitation period of Section 468 CrPC does not apply to an application under Section 12 of the DV Act, because no offence is alleged at that stage.
Read → 2 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyCan Domestic Violence Proceedings Be Quashed? The Narrow Gate and What Fits Through It
The High Court can terminate a Section 12 DV Act case that is an abuse of process, but the threshold is high. The grounds that work, the arguments that fail, and the forum choices explained.
Read → 2 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyThe Three Statutory Disqualifications from Maintenance under Section 144(4) BNSS
Living in adultery, refusing without sufficient reason to live with the husband, and separation by mutual consent — how Delhi courts apply the maintenance bars carried forward from Section 125(4) CrPC.
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.