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.
POCSO Conviction Upheld on Child's Evidence – Advocate Manish Jha
Delhi High Court dismisses a POCSO appeal, upholding conviction under Sections 10 and 12 on the reliable testimony of the child victim, corroborated by her brother.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Criminal LawPOCSO Acquittal: Forensic Gaps Decisive – Advocate Manish Jha
Delhi High Court acquits under Section 6 POCSO where medical findings, an unexplained missing FSL report and a contradictory disclosure timeline sustained reasonable doubt.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Criminal LawMurder Acquittal: Antedated FIR, Enmity – Advocate Manish Jha
Patna High Court Division Bench sets aside a murder conviction where the FIR appeared antedated, witnesses bore documented enmity and the pistol was never ballistically matched.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Criminal LawTrap Case Fails: No Demand, No Bribery – Advocate Manish Jha
Jharkhand High Court acquits in a corruption appeal where the complainant admitted money was handed without demand and seizure witnesses saw no recovery.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Criminal LawSC: No Pecuniary Gain, No 13(1)(d) Offence – Advocate Manish Jha
Supreme Court acquits under Section 13(1)(d) PC Act where the High Court itself found no pecuniary advantage — a conviction cannot outlive its essential ingredient.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Criminal LawSC Restores Convictions of Two Acquitted – Advocate Manish Jha
Supreme Court partly reverses a High Court acquittal in an unlawful assembly murder case, restoring two convictions while upholding a Section 319-added accused's acquittal.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateExcepted Matters Are for the Arbitrator – Advocate Manish Jha
Supreme Court clarifies that whether a dispute falls within a contract's excepted matters is for the arbitral tribunal under Section 16, not the referral court.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateS.11: Arbitrator Named Despite Silence – Advocate Manish Jha
Where a respondent ignores the arbitration notice, the court supplies the appointment: a September 2026 Section 11 order on a joint-nomination clause, explained.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Civil & PropertyEviction: Alternative Premises Plea Fails – Advocate Manish Jha
Delhi High Court upholds denial of leave to defend in a bona fide requirement eviction — bare pleas of alternative accommodation raise no triable issue.
Read → 14 September 2026 · Criminal LawCharge Framing Needs No Mini-Trial: PMLA – Advocate Manish Jha
Jharkhand High Court upholds PMLA charge framing: grave suspicion suffices, detailed reasons are for discharge orders, and defence evaluation belongs to trial.
Read → 13 September 2026 · Criminal LawIntent, Not Fabric: How the Supreme Court Buried the “Skin-to-Skin” Reading of POCSO
Attorney General for India v. Satish (2021) rejected the Bombay High Court's skin-to-skin reading of Section 7 POCSO: contact through clothing is physical contact, and sexual intent — not the mechanics of touch — defines the offence.
Read → 13 September 2026 · Civil & PropertyDecades of Occupation, No Title: The Supreme Court on Adverse Possession and Religious Dedication
In Bhag Singh v. Basant Kaur (2026 INSC 983), the Supreme Court held that long possession without affirmatively proved hostile animus cannot ripen into adverse possession, revenue entries do not confer title, and religious dedication demands unequivocal proof.
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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.