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 Power to Do Complete Justice: Article 142 in Supreme Court Practice
Comprehensive settlements, dissolved marriages, procedural rescues — and the limits the Supreme Court has drawn on itself. How Article 142 actually operates in special leave practice.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeJoining Someone Else's Case: Intervention and Impleadment in Supreme Court SLPs
Impleadment confers party status; intervention confers a hearing. Who qualifies for each, the recurring scenarios, and the drafting discipline that gets such applications allowed.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateCourt-Ordered Protection Around an Arbitration: Section 9 Interim Measures
Interim relief before, during and after arbitral proceedings, the ninety-day commencement rule, the Section 9(3) bar once a tribunal exists, and the Section 42 venue consequences of the first filing.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateArbitrability: The Disputes an Arbitration Clause Cannot Capture
Rights in rem versus in personam, the excluded categories — crimes, matrimonial status, insolvency, rent-controlled tenancies — and the narrowed fraud exception, across Sections 8, 11, 16 and 34.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateStopping the Encashment: Injunctions Against Bank Guarantees
Unconditional bank guarantees pay first and litigate later. The independence principle, the established-fraud and irretrievable-injustice exceptions, and how restraint applications are fought in Delhi.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDV Reliefs in Other Cases: S.26 – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 26 of the DV Act allows protection, residence, monetary, custody and compensation reliefs to be claimed in any pending civil, family or criminal proceeding — how the choice of forum works and the disclosure duty it carries.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyShelter and Services: DV Act – Advocate Manish Jha
Sections 4 to 10 of the DV Act build a support apparatus of shelter homes, medical facilities, Protection Officers and registered service providers that operates before any court order — an explainer on activating it.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance Under the SMA: Ss.36-37 – Advocate Manish Jha
Couples married under the Special Marriage Act have their own maintenance code: alimony pendente lite under Section 36 and permanent alimony under Section 37, alongside the neutral remedy of Section 144 BNSS.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWhere to File a Maintenance Case – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 145 BNSS lets a maintenance petition be filed where the respondent is or resides, where the wife resides, or where the couple last lived together — the venue options and the strategy of choosing among them.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyJudicial Separation: S.10 HMA – Advocate Manish Jha
Judicial separation suspends cohabitation without dissolving the marriage — grounds, effects, rescission under Section 10(2), and the route from separation to divorce under Section 13(1A).
Read → 31 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDivorce When a Spouse Is Abroad – Advocate Manish Jha
Filing or defending a Delhi divorce with one spouse overseas: jurisdiction under Section 19 HMA, service across borders, appearance by video-conference and power of attorney, and the recognition of foreign decrees.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Criminal LawRegular Bail: Sessions or High Court? – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 483 BNSS gives the Sessions Court and the High Court concurrent power over regular bail — the Sessions-first convention, successive applications, and the power to modify onerous conditions.
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.