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.
Decree Without Trial: Judgment on Admissions under Order XII Rule 6
Clear admissions in pleadings, correspondence or accounts can produce a decree without trial. What qualifies, the tenancy and recovery applications, and the interplay with summary judgment.
Read → 2 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateThe End of Unilateral Arbitrator Appointments: The CORE Constitution Bench Ruling
In CORE v. ECI-SPIC-SMO-MCML (2024 INSC 857), five judges held that unilateral appointment clauses and compulsory PSU panels violate party equality — prospectively reshaping every arbitration clause.
Read → 2 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateUnstamped but Not Void: The Seven-Judge Ruling on Arbitration Agreements and Stamp Duty
In Re Interplay (2023 INSC 1066): non-stamping makes an instrument inadmissible, not void; stamping objections belong to the arbitral tribunal, and referral courts no longer stall appointments.
Read → 2 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeThe CM(M) Petition: Supervisory Jurisdiction under Article 227 in the Delhi High Court
When an interlocutory civil order is wrong but unappealable, the CM(M) is often the only door — and it opens only for jurisdictional error. Scope, standards and strategy.
Read → 2 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeFull and Fair Disclosure in Special Leave Petitions: The Duty of Candour and Its Enforcement
Article 136 relief is discretionary and granted on the petitioner's papers alone. What must be disclosed in an SLP, how suppression is punished, and the drafting discipline that protects the petition.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Criminal LawQuashing on Settlement: The Real Victim's Consent Counts, Not the Informant's
In Anand Kumar @ Sanjay Lalwani v. State of Madhya Pradesh, 2026 INSC 928, the Supreme Court held that an informant's consent is not required to quash criminal proceedings settled with the real victim of the offence.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeRevision Is Supervision, Not a Second Trial: Supreme Court on Section 115 CPC and Stays
In Madhav Vidarbha Estate v. Praharsh Corporation, 2026 INSC 925, the Supreme Court restated the narrow limits of civil revision and deprecated routine stays of trial that had kept a suit frozen for seven years.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyNo Second Bite at the Marriage Question: Delhi High Court on Maintenance and Finality
Dismissing a husband's revision against a Section 125 CrPC award, the Delhi High Court held that a concluded finding that the marriage exists cannot be re-agitated to escape maintenance liability.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Civil & PropertyTransmission Is Not Service: Ex-Parte Decree Set Aside Over WhatsApp Summons
In FAO 268/2026 the Delhi High Court held that sending summons over WhatsApp is not conclusive proof of actual notice, and set aside a Rs. 10 lakh ex-parte decree under Order IX Rule 13 CPC.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Criminal LawNot a Ping-Pong Ball: Delhi High Court Orders Forthwith Release of Life Convict
In Moti @ Mohit v. State (2026:DHC:7268), the Delhi High Court quashed the Sentence Review Board's fifth mechanical rejection of premature release and directed the life convict's release forthwith.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateThe Strictest Duty of Candour: Ex-Parte Injunction Vacated for Suppression
A Delhi High Court Division Bench vacated an ex-parte injunction obtained by concealing a cease-and-desist notice and trademark opposition, imposing Rs. 2 lakh costs and restating Order 39 Rule 3 discipline.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDomestic Violence Proceedings After Divorce: What Survives, What Does Not
Divorce does not automatically end DV Act proceedings. How the aggrieved person definition, the timing of the violence and each relief — protection, residence, monetary, compensation — fare after the decree.
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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.