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.
S.175(3) BNSS: FIR Must Follow – Advocate Manish Jha
The Madras High Court holds a Magistrate cannot run a mini-trial under Section 175(3) BNSS: where a forged-deed complaint discloses cognizable offences, FIR registration must be ordered despite a civil dispute.
Read → 10 October 2026 · Criminal LawBail When Investigation Stalls – Advocate Manish Jha
The Delhi High Court grants regular bail in a dating-app investment fraud case after ten months of custody, finding the investigation had produced paperwork rather than progress and key co-accused remained untouched.
Read → 10 October 2026 · Criminal LawFamily Scuffle, Pre-Arrest Bail – Advocate Manish Jha
Anticipatory bail granted where a family altercation produced simple injuries, a four-day delayed complaint and a cooperating applicant — with Sushila Aggarwal and Sibbia supplying the doctrinal footing.
Read → 10 October 2026 · Commercial & CorporateCheque Notice To Mother Held Valid – Advocate Manish Jha
In Sainaba v. State of Kerala, 2026 INSC 1069, the Supreme Court restores a Section 138 conviction: dispatch to the drawer's correct address presumes service, and M.D. Thomas is per incuriam.
Read → 10 October 2026 · Civil & PropertyPendente Lite Buyer Loses Appeal – Advocate Manish Jha
A Division Bench upholds an execution auction against a relative who bought the judgment debtor's share after service in the execution petition — lis pendens and Section 53 TPA do the work.
Read → 10 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyRecovering Unpaid DV Monetary Relief – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 20(6) employer and debtor directions, maintenance-style warrants and attachment: the three routes to enforcing monetary relief orders under the DV Act when the respondent stops paying.
Read → 10 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyAppealing DV Act Orders: Section 29 – Advocate Manish Jha
Thirty days from service, to the Court of Session, for both sides: how Section 29 DV Act appeals work, what is appealable, and what happens to interim maintenance meanwhile.
Read → 10 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance From The Estate: HAMA – Advocate Manish Jha
When the earning spouse or parent dies, Sections 21 and 22 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act make the heirs liable to maintain the deceased's dependants out of the estate they inherit.
Read → 10 October 2026 · Matrimonial & Family125 CrPC To 144 BNSS: The Map – Advocate Manish Jha
The maintenance remedy survived the 2024 recodification almost untouched — but every section number changed. The complete mapping of Sections 125-128 CrPC onto Sections 144-147 BNSS.
Read → 10 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyProving Cruelty In A Divorce Trial – Advocate Manish Jha
Adjectives are not evidence. How cruelty under Section 13(1)(ia) HMA is actually proved: particularised pleadings, contemporaneous documents, electronic records with BSA certificates, and witnesses who survive cross-examination.
Read → 10 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDrafting The Matrimonial MOU – Advocate Manish Jha
Staged payments, stridhan schedules, custody calendars and quashing undertakings: the clauses that make a matrimonial settlement MOU durable, and the legal limits no drafting can escape.
Read → 10 October 2026 · Criminal LawBail Pending Appeal: S.430 BNSS – Advocate Manish Jha
After conviction the presumption changes. How appellate courts decide suspension of sentence and bail under Section 430 BNSS (formerly 389 CrPC), and how to draft the application.
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.