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.
Online Fraud: The First 48 Hours – Advocate Manish Jha
Recovery in cyber fraud is a race against layering. The parallel tracks that save money: the 1930 helpline, the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, written bank notification and the FIR.
Read → 17 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance Without Income Findings – Advocate Manish Jha
In Partha Sarathi Guha v. Supriya Guha (2026:CHC-AS:1813), the Calcutta High Court sets aside a Rs 25,000 Section 125 CrPC maintenance order passed without any determination of the husband's income, remanding for a fresh hearing on affidavits of assets with Rs 10,000 interim maintenance running meanwhile.
Read → 17 October 2026 · Criminal LawIllegal Arrest Means Bail: Gujarat HC – Advocate Manish Jha
The Gujarat High Court grants regular bail in a Rs 67 lakh digital-arrest cyber fraud case because the arrest itself was unconstitutional: no transit remand, production beyond twenty-four hours and grounds of arrest in a language the accused did not understand — with Rs 25,000 compensation recoverable from the officers.
Read → 17 October 2026 · Criminal LawPre-Arrest Bail in a Family Scuffle – Advocate Manish Jha
In Preeti Singh v. State (Bail Appln. 4096/2026), the Delhi High Court grants anticipatory bail in an intra-family assault FIR: simple injuries on the MLC, a four-day delay in complaint, cooperation with the investigation, clean antecedents and parity with a protected co-accused.
Read → 17 October 2026 · Criminal LawThree Statements, One Doubt – Advocate Manish Jha
A Delhi High Court Division Bench acquits a husband convicted of his wife's 1999 burn death: the earliest dying declaration named nobody, the later ones conflicted with it, fitness of the declarant went unproved, and the child eyewitness was never examined. CRL.A. 837/2003, decided 14 October 2026.
Read → 17 October 2026 · Criminal LawTransit Remand in Inter-State Arrests – Advocate Manish Jha
What a transit remand is, why police arresting outside their State must obtain one, what the local Magistrate verifies, the arrestee's rights at that hearing, and how skipped transit remands and defective grounds of arrest translate into bail.
Read → 17 October 2026 · Criminal LawSureties and Bail Bonds in Delhi – Advocate Manish Jha
The procedural world between a bail order and actual release: who can stand surety in Delhi courts, the documents and verification involved, reduction of bond amounts, a surety's continuing obligations, discharge, and what forfeiture means.
Read → 17 October 2026 · Criminal LawJail Appeals: Appealing from Custody – Advocate Manish Jha
How a convict files a criminal appeal from inside the jail through the superintendent, how legal aid counsel is assigned by the DHCLSC and DSLSA, how limitation is treated, and what families outside can do to speed a jail appeal along.
Read → 17 October 2026 · Procedure & PracticeSLPs in Matrimonial Matters – Advocate Manish Jha
When the Supreme Court entertains special leave petitions in divorce, maintenance and custody cases, what Article 142 settlement and transfer petitions offer that no other forum can, and the grievances that belong in review or appeal instead.
Read → 17 October 2026 · Cyber & FraudPOCSO and Online Offences – Advocate Manish Jha
How the POCSO Act reaches purely digital conduct — Sections 11-12 harassment through electronic means, Sections 13-15 on child sexual abuse material, Section 67B IT Act — and how grooming cases are investigated and proved in Delhi's special courts.
Read → 17 October 2026 · Criminal LawIdentity Protection in POCSO Cases – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 23 POCSO, Section 33(7) and Section 72 BNS together seal a child victim's identity from FIR to reported judgment: who is bound, what counts as indirect identification, the narrow child-interest exception, and the penalties for breach.
Read → 17 October 2026 · Commercial & CorporateGeM Orders and MSME Dues – Advocate Manish Jha
Delayed payments on Government e-Marketplace contracts: how the MSMED Act's 45-day rule, compound interest and Samadhaan reference attach to GeM purchase orders notwithstanding portal terms, and how to build the record a Facilitation Council will act on.
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.