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.
The Decree Ends the Marriage, Not the Obligation: Maintenance Survives Ex Parte Divorce
The Calcutta High Court held that an ex parte divorce decree obtained by the husband does not extinguish maintenance under Section 125 CrPC — a divorced wife who has not remarried remains a "wife" under Explanation (b).
Read → 12 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyA Decree Nobody Obeyed: Divorce Follows Non-Compliance with an RCR Decree
The Patna High Court granted divorce under Section 13(1A)(ii) HMA where cohabitation was never resumed for over a year after a restitution of conjugal rights decree, reversing the Family Court's dismissal.
Read → 12 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateSufficient Interest, Public Interest: Third-Party Impleadment Before the CCI Upheld
A Delhi High Court Division Bench dismissed UltraTech's LPA, holding that Regulation 25 permits parties with sufficient interest — like the Builders' Association of India — to join cartel proceedings in furtherance of public interest.
Read → 12 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyEvidence Before the Local Commissioner: Delhi HC Backs Family Court Case Management
Under Article 227, the Delhi High Court declined to disturb a Family Court order assigning evidence recording in a contested HMA trial to a Local Commissioner, finding the appointment order elaborate and open-court recording impractical.
Read → 12 September 2026 · Civil & PropertyNo Error Apparent: Debit Notes, Cheque Acknowledgments and the Limits of Review
The Delhi High Court dismissed review of an RFA judgment in a goods-recovery dispute: unproved debit notes could not reduce the claim, cheques operated as limitation acknowledgments, and review is not a second appeal.
Read → 12 September 2026 · Criminal LawWhen the Suicide Note Points Away: Bail in an Abetment Case on Weak Nexus and Parity
The Himachal Pradesh High Court granted regular bail under BNS Section 108 where the contemporaneous suicide note recorded no complaint against anyone, the couple lived separately, and a co-accused already had bail.
Read → 12 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDomestic Violence Proceedings When the Respondent Lives Abroad
Jurisdiction under Section 27, layered service on NRI respondents, ex parte progress and enforcement against Indian assets — how DV Act cases run in Delhi when the husband or in-laws are overseas.
Read → 12 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilySection 19 HAMA: The Widowed Daughter-in-Law's Claim Against Her Father-in-Law
A conditional, property-linked maintenance right: when a widow can claim from her father-in-law, the coparcenary-property requirement, quantum, and how the remedy compares with succession and DV Act routes.
Read → 12 September 2026 · Criminal LawParole, Furlough and Bail: Three Different Doors Out of Custody
Bail is judicial and belongs mainly to undertrials; parole and furlough are executive releases for convicts under the Delhi Prison Rules. Eligibility, grounds, timelines and remedies when applications are rejected.
Read → 12 September 2026 · Criminal LawStopped at the Airport: Look-Out Circulars and the Anticipatory Bail Strategy
LOCs are executive instruments that collide with liberty at the immigration counter. How they work, their interplay with anticipatory bail under Section 482 BNSS, and the remedies against unjustified circulars.
Read → 12 September 2026 · Criminal LawThe Other Side of Section 482 BNSS: How Complainants Oppose Anticipatory Bail
Getting heard, feeding the status report, targeting the factors courts weigh, and shaping conditions if protection is granted — a complainant's lawful toolkit in anticipatory bail proceedings in Delhi.
Read → 12 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateTwo Engines for One Debt: Section 138 NI Act and the MSME Samadhaan Reference
An MSME supplier holding a dishonoured cheque can run the criminal prosecution and the Facilitation Council reference in parallel — sequencing, consistency discipline and settlement architecture explained.
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.