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.
Full and Fair Disclosure in Special Leave Petitions: The Duty of Candour and Its Enforcement
Article 136 relief is discretionary and granted on the petitioner's papers alone. What must be disclosed in an SLP, how suppression is punished, and the drafting discipline that protects the petition.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Criminal LawQuashing on Settlement: The Real Victim's Consent Counts, Not the Informant's
In Anand Kumar @ Sanjay Lalwani v. State of Madhya Pradesh, 2026 INSC 928, the Supreme Court held that an informant's consent is not required to quash criminal proceedings settled with the real victim of the offence.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeRevision Is Supervision, Not a Second Trial: Supreme Court on Section 115 CPC and Stays
In Madhav Vidarbha Estate v. Praharsh Corporation, 2026 INSC 925, the Supreme Court restated the narrow limits of civil revision and deprecated routine stays of trial that had kept a suit frozen for seven years.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyNo Second Bite at the Marriage Question: Delhi High Court on Maintenance and Finality
Dismissing a husband's revision against a Section 125 CrPC award, the Delhi High Court held that a concluded finding that the marriage exists cannot be re-agitated to escape maintenance liability.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Civil & PropertyTransmission Is Not Service: Ex-Parte Decree Set Aside Over WhatsApp Summons
In FAO 268/2026 the Delhi High Court held that sending summons over WhatsApp is not conclusive proof of actual notice, and set aside a Rs. 10 lakh ex-parte decree under Order IX Rule 13 CPC.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Criminal LawNot a Ping-Pong Ball: Delhi High Court Orders Forthwith Release of Life Convict
In Moti @ Mohit v. State (2026:DHC:7268), the Delhi High Court quashed the Sentence Review Board's fifth mechanical rejection of premature release and directed the life convict's release forthwith.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateThe Strictest Duty of Candour: Ex-Parte Injunction Vacated for Suppression
A Delhi High Court Division Bench vacated an ex-parte injunction obtained by concealing a cease-and-desist notice and trademark opposition, imposing Rs. 2 lakh costs and restating Order 39 Rule 3 discipline.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyDomestic Violence Proceedings After Divorce: What Survives, What Does Not
Divorce does not automatically end DV Act proceedings. How the aggrieved person definition, the timing of the violence and each relief — protection, residence, monetary, compensation — fare after the decree.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyGetting the Money Actually Paid: Enforcing Monetary Relief Under the DV Act
Section 20(6) employer-deduction directions, the borrowed maintenance-recovery machinery and the limits of Section 31 — the enforcement toolkit for monetary relief orders under the DV Act.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance Where the Marriage Itself Is Disputed: Void and Second Marriages
Section 144 BNSS, Sections 24-25 HMA and the DV Act treat imperfect marriages very differently. How claimants and respondents should choose and fight the forum when the marriage is attacked.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyRemarriage After Divorce: Section 15 HMA and the Appeal-Period Trap
The right to remarry springs from the decree's finality, not its date. The ninety-day appeal window, mutual consent nuances, and the risks of marrying too early under Section 15 of the Hindu Marriage Act.
Read → 1 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyForgiven, Not Forgotten? Condonation of Cruelty Under Section 23(1)(b) HMA
Resumed cohabitation after cruelty can bar a divorce petition — unless fresh misconduct revives the condoned conduct. The elements, the revival doctrine and pleading strategy for both sides.
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.