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.
Patent Illegality, Properly Pleaded – Advocate Manish Jha
What Section 34(2A) covers, what it excludes, and how a fresh Division Bench ruling shows the ground operating claim by claim — a drafting guide for award challenges.
Read → 28 October 2026 · Commercial & CorporateWhich Court Hears Your Arbitration? – Advocate Manish Jha
Commercial Division, district Commercial Court or civil side: how Section 10 of the Commercial Courts Act and Delhi's Rs 2 crore threshold sort arbitration applications.
Read → 28 October 2026 · Commercial & CorporateMSME Dues: Choosing the Forum – Advocate Manish Jha
MSEFC reference, commercial suit, cheque-bounce prosecution or IBC: how an unpaid supplier weighs interest, speed, leverage and risk across the four recovery routes.
Read → 28 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWhen Maintenance Can Be Refused – Advocate Manish Jha
Section 144(4)-(5) BNSS grounds, the reason-side of refusal to reside, and how conduct works differently at the interim and permanent alimony stages.
Read → 27 October 2026 · Criminal LawMTP at 29 Weeks for Minor Survivor – Advocate Manish Jha
Delhi High Court permits termination of a 29-week pregnancy of a minor rape survivor, holding the 24-week MTP limit does not bind constitutional courts.
Read → 27 October 2026 · Commercial & CorporateCoC Cannot Withdraw Approved Plan – Advocate Manish Jha
Supreme Court holds a CoC cannot withdraw a resolution plan once approved and placed before the NCLT, even citing the debtor's improved finances. 2026 INSC 1154.
Read → 27 October 2026 · Criminal LawRs 6 Lakh for Six Lost Years – Advocate Manish Jha
Supreme Court orders Uttar Pradesh to pay Rs 6 lakh to a man acquitted after six years as an undertrial, deprecating a slipshod investigation. 2026 INSC 1150.
Read → 27 October 2026 · Civil & PropertyFraud Undoes a 1988 Acquisition – Advocate Manish Jha
Supreme Court quashes a Bengaluru housing society land acquisition for fraud, orders land restored to owners and holds delay and res judicata no defence.
Read → 27 October 2026 · Commercial & CorporateSC Settles Atibir-SBI Debt Fight – Advocate Manish Jha
Supreme Court closes the Atibir Industries-SBI dispute on equitable terms: Rs 125 crore more in 12 weeks, securities released, NCLT and DRT cases disposed of.
Read → 27 October 2026 · Criminal LawBail After 3 Years: Murder FIR – Advocate Manish Jha
Delhi High Court grants regular bail to two co-accused in the Khan Market murder case after three years' custody, with 58 witnesses and a slow-moving trial.
Read → 27 October 2026 · Criminal LawBail Denied on Dying Words – Advocate Manish Jha
Delhi High Court refuses bail where two witnesses heard the deceased name the accused, holding an oral dying declaration's weight is a matter for trial.
Read → 27 October 2026 · Commercial & CorporateSection 11: Arbitrator via DIAC – Advocate Manish Jha
Delhi High Court appoints a sole arbitrator under Section 11(6) in Avis India v. Starion India after settlement talks fail, referring the parties to DIAC.
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.