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.
MSEFC Jurisdiction: Section 18(4) MSMED – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 18(4) MSMED Act gives the Facilitation Council where the supplier is located jurisdiction over delayed-payment references, wherever the buyer sits: what that means for Delhi MSMEs filing on Samadhaan.
Read → 23 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateOrder XI Disclosure in Commercial Suits – Advocate Manish Jha
Commercial suits run on a front-loaded disclosure regime: every document in a party's power and control goes on record with the plaint or written statement, and undisclosed documents are shut out at trial.
Read → 23 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateKompetenz-Kompetenz: Section 16 – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 16 of the Arbitration Act makes the tribunal the first judge of its own jurisdiction: when the plea must be raised, and the two routes after a ruling — Section 34 if rejected, Section 37(2)(a) appeal if accepted.
Read → 23 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeCross-Objections in First Appeals – Advocate Manish Jha
A respondent who has not appealed can still attack the decree: Order 41 Rule 22 CPC cross-objections, the one-month window, court fee, and why they survive even withdrawal of the main appeal.
Read → 23 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeCertified Appeals vs SLP – Advocate Manish Jha
Before the SLP became the workhorse of Supreme Court practice, the Constitution provided appeals on certificate: Articles 132, 133 and 134, the oral-application route of Article 134A, and how they compare with Article 136.
Read → 23 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeDrafting and Filing an SLP – Advocate Manish Jha
The SLP paper-book under the Supreme Court Rules, 2013: synopsis and list of dates, questions of law, grounds and prayers, the Advocate-on-Record system, and clearing Registry defects before listing.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyA Mother's Earnings Do Not Halve the Father's Duty: The Supreme Court on Child Maintenance
In Sujata Kumari v. Rahul Kumar, 2026 INSC 896, the Supreme Court restored a Family Court's interim maintenance award for two minor daughters, holding that parental obligation "cannot be divided by arithmetic alone".
Read → 22 August 2026 · Criminal LawOnly "Tainted" Consent Makes It an Offence: Delhi High Court on False Promise of Marriage
Granting bail in Vimal v. State NCT of Delhi, Justice Girish Kathpalia held that a consensual relationship becomes an offence only where consent was genuinely induced by a false assurance of marriage — and examined the timeline of the relationship to test that claim.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Civil & PropertyMutation Entries Do Not Decide Ownership: The Supreme Court in Jamnabai v. Vasudev
The Supreme Court restored concurrent findings of two courts, holding that revenue entries serve fiscal purposes only, that limitation runs from knowledge of the hostile claim, and that Section 100 CPC does not permit re-appreciation of facts.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyProtection Orders Under Section 18 of the DV Act
The preventive backbone of the Act of 2005 — what a protection order forbids, how it is obtained before the Magistrate, and why its breach is a criminal offence.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWho Can File a DV Case, and Against Whom: Key Definitions in the DV Act
Five definitions in the Act of 2005 decide almost every threshold question — who may complain, who may be arrayed, and what conduct counts as domestic violence.
Read → 22 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance Pendente Lite Under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act
Interim maintenance and litigation expenses during matrimonial proceedings — a gender-neutral remedy available to either spouse under the Act of 1955.
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.