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.
Bail in Murder: Reasons Must Show – Advocate Manish Jha
In Yash Mahesh Gaikwad v. State of Maharashtra (2026 INSC 917, 20 August 2026) the Supreme Court set aside bail granted to murder accused, holding that bail orders in serious offences must record justifiable reasons reflecting application of mind.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Criminal LawNo Coercive Steps: True Scope – Advocate Manish Jha
By order dated 24 August 2026 in Arun Kumar Mandal v. State of Jharkhand, the Supreme Court clarified that interim protection from arrest does not bar the investigating officer from completing the investigation and filing a charge sheet.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Criminal LawLong Custody as a Ground for Bail – Advocate Manish Jha
Prolonged undertrial custody with no realistic prospect of early trial completion can itself justify bail on Article 21 grounds — the K.A. Najeeb principle and Section 479 BNSS explained.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Criminal LawAnticipatory Bail: Which Court First? – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 482 BNSS gives the Sessions Court and the High Court concurrent anticipatory bail jurisdiction. When to start in the district court, when a direct High Court petition is justified, and how the second application should be built.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyAltering DV Orders: Section 25 – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 25 of the DV Act lets a Magistrate alter, modify or revoke protection and other orders on a recorded change in circumstances — on application, with reasons in writing. How the power works and what it is not.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyThe DIR in DV Cases – Advocate Manish Jha
The Domestic Incident Report is the DV Act's intake document — who prepares it, what Form I contains, and why the Supreme Court has held it is not a precondition for relief under Section 12.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance for Divorced Muslim Women – Advocate Manish Jha
From Shah Bano through Danial Latifi to Mohd Abdul Samad (2024): the secular maintenance remedy under Section 125 CrPC / Section 144 BNSS is available to divorced Muslim women in addition to the 1986 Act.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance in Live-In Relationships – Advocate Manish Jha
Chanmuniya, Indra Sarma and the DV Act route: when a live-in partner can claim maintenance, which relationships qualify as relationships in the nature of marriage, and the evidence that decides these cases.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyThe One-Year Bar on Divorce: S.14 HMA – Advocate Manish Jha
No divorce petition lies within one year of marriage unless the court grants leave for exceptional hardship or exceptional depravity. How Section 14 HMA works, and the remedies it does not bar.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyChristian Divorce: The 1869 Act – Advocate Manish Jha
Divorce for Christians is governed by the Divorce Act, 1869, transformed by the 2001 amendment: equalised Section 10 grounds, mutual consent under Section 10A, and full alimony and custody jurisdiction in the Family Courts.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Criminal LawPOCSO Offences & Punishments – Advocate Manish Jha
The POCSO Act's graded offence pairs mapped — Sections 3 to 12, the aggravated forms, the 2019 minimum-sentence enhancements, and why classification decides bail, trial and sentence.
Read → 26 August 2026 · Criminal LawFalse Complaints under POCSO: S.22 – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 22 POCSO punishes complaints made solely to humiliate, extort, threaten or defame — while immunising children entirely. Its three limbs, and why an acquittal alone does not trigger it.
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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.