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.
Twin Conditions in Bail Statutes – Advocate Manish Jha
NDPS Section 37, PMLA Section 45 and UAPA Section 43D(5) invert ordinary bail law — what the twin conditions require, and the threshold, statutory and constitutional arguments that remain open.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Criminal LawAnticipatory Bail & the SC/ST Act – Advocate Manish Jha
Sections 18 and 18A of the Atrocities Act bar anticipatory bail — but only where the allegations prima facie disclose an offence under the Act. How the bar and its gateway operate.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Criminal LawAnticipatory Bail from Abroad – Advocate Manish Jha
An FIR in Delhi, an accused overseas: seeking anticipatory bail from abroad, responding to Section 35(3) BNSS notices, challenging look-out circulars, and planning a protected return.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateThe MSEFC’s 90-Day Timeline – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 18(5) MSMED Act directs Facilitation Councils to decide references within ninety days — what the clock covers, why references stall, and the levers that move a stalled claim.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateWho Can Invoke the MSMED Act? – Advocate Manish Jha
Delayed-payment claims rise or fall on the Section 2(n) supplier definition — enterprise category, Udyam registration timing, the trader exclusion, and what buyers attack first.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateAmending Pleadings: Commercial Suits – Advocate Manish Jha
Order VI Rule 17 in the commercial courts climate: the trial-commencement proviso, due diligence, late documents under Order XI, and statements of truth for amended pleadings.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateEx Parte in Commercial Suits – Advocate Manish Jha
The 120-day written statement bar, Order IX mechanics, ex parte decrees and the three routes back — Rule 7, Rule 13 and the first appeal — with the clocks that govern each.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Cyber & FraudOnline Offences: POCSO & S.67B IT Act – Advocate Manish Jha
Grooming, sexualised messaging and child sexual abuse material online are covered by an interlocking scheme of POCSO Sections 11 to 15 and Section 67B of the IT Act — the provisions, the forensics and the trial frame.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Criminal LawPOCSO and BNS Overlap: Ss.42-42A – Advocate Manish Jha
When one act offends both POCSO and the BNS or IT Act, Section 42 selects the greater punishment and Section 42A gives POCSO procedural primacy — charge framing and sentencing explained.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeDeath of a Party: Abatement Rules – Advocate Manish Jha
Order XXII CPC gives ninety days to bring legal representatives on record before a suit or appeal abates; Section 435 BNSS governs criminal appeals on the death of the accused — both regimes explained.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Criminal LawAdditional Evidence in Appeals – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 433 BNSS lets an appellate court take further evidence where necessary, recording reasons — the test, the scenarios that succeed, and how such applications are built and resisted.
Read → 31 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeArticle 32 vs Article 136 – Advocate Manish Jha
The guaranteed fundamental-rights remedy and the discretionary special leave jurisdiction are very different doors to the Supreme Court — when each opens and how the choice is made.
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.