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.
Criminal Revision Before the Delhi High Court: Sections 438 and 442 BNSS
The supervisory jurisdiction over subordinate criminal courts — which orders are revisable, the interlocutory bar, the one-revision rule, and how revision differs from Section 528 BNSS.
Read → 21 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeDismissal of an SLP: What It Decides, and What It Leaves Open
In limine dismissals, speaking orders and dismissals after leave carry very different consequences — the doctrine of merger, surviving remedies before the High Court, and the withdrawal wrinkle.
Read → 21 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeCondonation of Delay in SLPs: The 90 Days and What Comes After
Limitation for special leave petitions, the anatomy of a condonation application, the stricter scrutiny of government delay, and how delay and merits interact at admission.
Read → 21 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateSection 29A: The Clock on Domestic Arbitral Awards
The twelve-month deadline from completion of pleadings, the six-month consent extension, and the court’s powers on extension applications — terms, fee reduction and substitution of arbitrators.
Read → 21 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateSection 8: When a Civil Suit Runs Into an Arbitration Clause
The mandatory reference to arbitration, the first-statement deadline, the prima facie test after the 2015 amendment, non-arbitrable disputes, and suits framed to escape the clause.
Read → 20 August 2026 · Criminal LawUAPA Custody: 180 Days Survive BNSS – Advocate Manish Jha
A Delhi High Court Division Bench holds that the reference to Section 167 CrPC in Section 43D(2) UAPA must be read as Section 187 BNSS, preserving the 180-day investigation custody framework and denying default bail in the Red Fort blast case.
Read → 20 August 2026 · Criminal LawGangsters Act Cannot Stall a Trial: SC – Advocate Manish Jha
In Keshvendra Singh v. Shankar Singh, 2026 INSC 866, the Supreme Court holds that the priority clause in Section 12 of the UP Gangsters Act operates only when hearing dates clash — it does not freeze a pending murder trial.
Read → 20 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateNo Evidence by the Back Door: SC – Advocate Manish Jha
In Reliance Industries v. NTPC, 2026 INSC 862, the Supreme Court upholds the redaction of evidence affidavits that sought to reintroduce excluded internal documents through oral testimony, with costs of ten lakh rupees.
Read → 20 August 2026 · Civil & PropertyConsortium for Adult Children: SC – Advocate Manish Jha
In Sameem Begum v. K. Venkat Swamy, 2026 INSC 864, the Supreme Court enhances a motor accident award, holding the widow and each adult child separately entitled to spousal and parental consortium.
Read → 20 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyResidence Orders under the DV Act – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 17 of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005 gives every woman in a domestic relationship the right to reside in the shared household, irrespective of title. An explainer on residence orders under Section 19, interim relief under Section 23, and why possession — not ownership — is what these orders protect.
Read → 20 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyAppeals under Section 29 of the DV Act – Advocate Manish Jha
How orders under the Domestic Violence Act are challenged: the Section 29 appeal to the Court of Session within thirty days of service, the position on stay and condonation of delay, and the routes to the High Court thereafter.
Read → 20 August 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyEnforcing Maintenance Orders in Delhi – Advocate Manish Jha
What follows when a maintenance order is not obeyed: warrants, recovery as a fine and imprisonment under Section 144(3) BNSS, execution of Hindu Marriage Act orders as decrees, and direct payment by an employer under the DV Act.
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.