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.
Successive Anticipatory Bail Pleas – Advocate Manish Jha
The Delhi High Court dismissed a third anticipatory bail application where the Supreme Court had already declined relief and nothing had changed since — and flagged the police failure to arrest.
Read → 8 August 2026 · Criminal LawSanction for Former Public Servants – Advocate Manish Jha
A Division Bench answers a criminal reference: the 2018 amendment to Section 19 PC Act protects retired public servants, but only where cognizance was yet to be taken as on 26 July 2018.
Read → 8 August 2026 · Criminal LawFood Safety Cases: The Maggi Quashing – Advocate Manish Jha
The Delhi High Court quashed the 2015 Maggi noodles prosecutions after referral laboratory testing and a decade of judicial scrutiny discredited the analyst reports at their foundation.
Read → 8 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateSeat, Venue and Section 9 Courts – Advocate Manish Jha
An exclusive jurisdiction clause in favour of Jaipur reduced Delhi to a mere venue, and a Section 9 petition for interim measures was dismissed at the threshold.
Read → 8 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeSuccession Certificate in Delhi Courts – Advocate Manish Jha
What a succession certificate covers, where the petition is filed, and the stages between filing and grant in the Delhi district courts.
Read → 7 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateNon-Signatories and Arbitration: SC – Advocate Manish Jha
In KKH Finvest Pvt. Ltd. v. Ashiesh Shukla (2026 INSC 803), the Supreme Court holds that a consultant-shareholder who never signed the settlement was a veritable party to its arbitration clause, applying Cox and Kings.
Read → 7 August 2026 · Criminal LawUAPA Extension Orders: No Appeal Lies – Advocate Manish Jha
A Delhi High Court Division Bench holds that an order extending UAPA investigation time under Section 43D(2)(b) is interlocutory and not appealable under Section 21 NIA Act; the remedy is Section 482 CrPC / Section 528 BNSS.
Read → 7 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateA Court Deposit Is Not Payment: Delhi HC – Advocate Manish Jha
A Section 34 stay deposit remains the depositor's asset. An award-holder that skipped the insolvency process saw its claim extinguished, and the Rs 5.52 crore deposit returned to the resolved company.
Read → 7 August 2026 · Procedure & PracticeConduct in Court and the Bar Council – Advocate Manish Jha
The Supreme Court confirms that State Bar Councils can take cognizance of indecent behaviour by an advocate inside court premises, while modifying a 21-year-old suspension to a warning.
Read → 7 August 2026 · Civil & PropertyRail Passengers and Untoward Incidents – Advocate Manish Jha
The Delhi High Court upholds NHRC-recommended compensation against the Railways: a violent attack on a ticketed passenger inside a stationary compartment is an untoward incident under the Railways Act.
Read → 6 August 2026 · Criminal LawAcquittal After 22 Years in Prison – Advocate Manish Jha
In Arjun Jani @ Tuntun v. State of Orissa (Crl.A. 3639/2026, 4 August 2026), the Supreme Court acquits a man who spent twenty-two years in prison for a triple murder, holding that a sole eyewitness must inspire confidence and that jail appeals cannot be dismissed on delay alone.
Read → 6 August 2026 · Commercial & CorporateCheque Bounce: Presumptions Prevail – Advocate Manish Jha
In Kuntegowda v. Thurubaiah (2026 INSC 790, 4 August 2026), the Supreme Court restores a Section 138 NI Act conviction, holding that an admitted signature triggers the statutory presumptions and that a High Court cannot re-appreciate evidence in revision against concurrent findings.
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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.