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.
No Double Security Under S.9 – Advocate Manish Jha
Delhi High Court dismisses a Section 9 arbitration petition by a secured lender already pursuing SARFAESI, refusing duplicative interim security.
Read → 27 October 2026 · Criminal LawStatus Reports in Bail Hearings – Advocate Manish Jha
What a status report is in anticipatory bail and bail hearings, who files it, what it contains, and how it differs from the case diary under Section 192 BNSS.
Read → 27 October 2026 · Criminal LawZero FIRs and Anticipatory Bail – Advocate Manish Jha
How Zero FIRs under Section 173 BNSS and transferred investigations affect where anticipatory bail is sought under Section 482 BNSS, and the issues across States.
Read → 27 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyCross DV Complaints in One Family – Advocate Manish Jha
How courts handle cross-applications under the Domestic Violence Act when both sides of a family file: definitions, joint hearing, evidence and drafting points.
Read → 27 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDV Orders in Divorce and Custody – Advocate Manish Jha
How orders and findings in a Domestic Violence Act case influence later divorce, custody and maintenance litigation, and what dismissal or withdrawal means.
Read → 27 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyLife After the Divorce Decree – Advocate Manish Jha
What a divorce decree changes beyond the marriage itself: alimony under Section 25, remarriage timing, succession, nominations, settlement terms and custody.
Read → 27 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyEvidence in Family Courts: Section 14 – Advocate Manish Jha
How the Family Courts Act, 1984 relaxes the rules of evidence — Sections 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 and 16 — and what that means for documents in Delhi family courts.
Read → 27 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance When the Wife Lives Abroad – Advocate Manish Jha
How a wife residing abroad can pursue maintenance in India under Section 144 BNSS — power-of-attorney filing, video conferencing, affidavits and execution.
Read → 27 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyAlimony in Christian & Parsi Marriages – Advocate Manish Jha
Maintenance and alimony outside the Hindu Marriage Act — the Divorce Act and the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936, with Section 144 BNSS and the DV Act.
Read → 27 October 2026 · Criminal LawPOCSO Duties of Schools & Institutions – Advocate Manish Jha
What POCSO requires of schools, coaching centres, hostels and child-care institutions: reporting under Sections 19-21, staff screening, and the role of the CWC.
Read → 27 October 2026 · Criminal LawForensic Evidence in POCSO Cases – Advocate Manish Jha
Forensic and electronic evidence in POCSO matters: sampling and DNA, chain of custody, the Section 63 BSA certificate for chats, and how gaps affect the trial.
Read → 27 October 2026 · Commercial & CorporateMSEFC Claim Filing in Delhi – Advocate Manish Jha
Stage-by-stage guide to a delayed-payment claim before the Delhi MSEFC: eligibility, interest under the MSMED Act, Samadhaan filing, arbitration and award.
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.