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 State Cannot Take a Shortcut: Summary Eviction Fails Where a Bona Fide Title Dispute Exists
In Circar Paper Mills v. District Collector, Nellore (2026 INSC 924), the Supreme Court held that land held under registered instruments since 1920 raises a bona fide title dispute the State must prove in properly constituted proceedings — not by summary eviction.
Read → 30 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyThe One-Year Rule in Maintenance Arrears: Section 144(3) BNSS Explained
The warrant procedure for maintenance arrears, the one-year limitation on invoking it, imprisonment for wilful default and recovery strategy — the enforcement side of Section 144 BNSS (125 CrPC) explained.
Read → 30 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyThe Decree-Based Divorce Grounds: Section 13(1A) of the Hindu Marriage Act
Divorce without re-proving fault: a year of non-resumption after judicial separation, or non-compliance with a restitution decree, opens Section 13(1A) — subject always to the own-wrong check of Section 23(1)(a).
Read → 30 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyHer Property, Not the Family's: Stridhan and How It Is Recovered
Stridhan is the wife's absolute property. What it includes, why it is not dowry, and the three recovery routes Delhi practice uses — Section 19(8) DV Act, criminal breach of trust under Section 316 BNS, and the civil suit.
Read → 30 August 2026 · Criminal LawNo Custody, No Regular Bail: The Surrender Question in Bail Practice
Regular bail under Sections 480 and 483 BNSS presupposes arrest, appearance or surrender. What custody means, how a planned surrender works in Delhi courts, and how the choice between anticipatory and regular bail is actually made.
Read → 30 August 2026 · Criminal LawHearing the Other Side of Liberty: The Informant and Victim in Bail Proceedings
In specified sexual offences the BNSS makes notice to the Public Prosecutor and the informant's presence at bail hearings mandatory — and the victim's participation in bail and cancellation matters is now a settled feature of practice.
Read → 30 August 2026 · Criminal LawA Notice, Not a Warrant: Responding to Section 35(3) BNSS and Deciding on Anticipatory Bail
The notice of appearance is the modern gateway between FIR and arrest. The Section 35 BNSS safeguard architecture, how to answer a notice well, and when a protective anticipatory bail application should accompany compliance.
Read → 30 August 2026 · Criminal LawWhen Proclamation Closes the Door: Anticipatory Bail and the Absconding Accused
A person proclaimed under Section 84 BNSS is ordinarily disentitled to anticipatory bail. How proclamation happens, why it forecloses pre-arrest protection, and the realistic way back — recall, structured surrender and regular bail.
Read → 30 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateArticle 226 and the Facilitation Council: Mapping the Writ Remedy in MSMED Disputes
Buyers reach for writ petitions to escape the 75% deposit under Section 19 MSMED; High Courts usually relegate them. Where Article 226 genuinely operates in the Section 18 process — and how suppliers should defend their awards.
Read → 30 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateThe Closed Corridor: Challenging Interlocutory Orders of Commercial Courts
Section 8 of the Commercial Courts Act bars civil revisions against interlocutory orders, and Section 13 confines appeals to a short catalogue. The remedies that remain — and how to protect the record for the decree appeal.
Read → 30 August 2026 · Criminal LawNo Discount Below the Floor: How Sentencing Works in POCSO Cases
POCSO is a minimum-sentence statute: the punishment floors offence by offence, the Section 42 greater-punishment rule, the exclusion of probation, and where genuine mitigation still operates within the band.
Read → 30 August 2026 · Criminal LawThree Grievances, One Proviso: The Victim's Appeal Under Section 413 BNSS
The victim's independent right of appeal against acquittal, conviction for a lesser offence or inadequate compensation — how it differs from State and complainant appeals under Section 419 BNSS, and how such appeals are run.
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.