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.
Desertion as a Ground for Divorce: What Section 13(1)(ib) Actually Requires
Two years of separate living is not enough — desertion requires factum, animus, absence of cause and consent, and can be interrupted by a genuine offer to return. How the ground is pleaded and proved.
Read → 21 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyAnnulment Under the Hindu Marriage Act: Void and Voidable Marriages
Sections 11 and 12 HMA — bigamy, prohibited degrees, fraud, non-consummation and concealed pregnancy, the one-year limits, and the legitimacy of children under Section 16.
Read → 21 August 2026 · Criminal LawInterim Bail: Short-Term Liberty While the Main Application Is Decided
How Delhi courts grant time-bound release pending the regular bail decision or for medical and family emergencies — the grounds, the conditions, and the consequences of not surrendering.
Read → 21 August 2026 · Criminal LawBail Conditions: What Courts May Impose, and Where the Limits Lie
Conditions under Section 480(3) BNSS must secure attendance and protect the investigation — not punish. Cash deposits, onerous sureties and unrelated conditions, and how to seek modification.
Read → 21 August 2026 · Criminal LawTransit Anticipatory Bail: Protection While You Reach the Right Court
When an FIR is registered in another State, limited pre-arrest protection from the courts where the accused resides bridges the journey to the competent court — the safeguards, conditions and drafting essentials.
Read → 21 August 2026 · Criminal LawAnticipatory Bail in Matrimonial Cases: Section 85 BNS and the Arrest Safeguards
Cruelty complaints under BNS Section 85 (498A IPC) and pre-arrest protection — the Section 35 BNSS notice regime, how courts treat omnibus allegations against relatives, and the conditions that attach.
Read → 21 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateThe Interest Engine of the MSMED Act: Sections 15, 16 and 17
The 45-day payment ceiling no contract can stretch, compound interest at three times the RBI bank rate with monthly rests, and the tax provisions — Section 23 MSMED and 43B(h) — that reinforce them.
Read → 21 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateUdyam Registration: The Gateway to MSME Remedies
The revised micro, small and medium thresholds effective 1 April 2025, why registration timing shapes a delayed-payment claim, and what MSME status unlocks — and does not.
Read → 21 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateSummary Judgment Under Order XIII-A: Deciding Commercial Suits Without Trial
The “no real prospect” test, the window between service of summons and framing of issues, conditional orders, and how summary judgment applications are fought in Delhi’s commercial courts.
Read → 21 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateThe 120-Day Limit for Written Statements in Commercial Suits
In commercial suits the right to file a written statement stands forfeited after 120 days from service of summons, and courts cannot relax it — what forfeiture entails and the battlegrounds it has created.
Read → 21 August 2026 · Criminal LawThe Duty to Report Under POCSO: Sections 19 to 22 Explained
POCSO criminalises silence: who must report child sexual offences, the personal liability of institutional heads under Section 21(2), and the good-faith and false-complaint safeguards.
Read → 21 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeSecond Appeals Under Section 100 CPC: The Substantial Question of Law
What makes a question of law substantial, when concurrent findings can be disturbed for perversity, and the disciplines that decide Regular Second Appeals in the Delhi High Court.
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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.