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.
Evasion Defeats Anticipatory Bail: Delhi High Court in Organised Theft Case
Anticipatory bail was refused in an MTNL cable theft case where the applicant, despite notice and interim protection, evaded the investigation and vacated his residence — with liberty preserved to seek regular bail.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilySpouses Reunited: Delhi High Court Quashes Cruelty FIR Under BNS on Settlement
An FIR under Sections 85 and 316(2) BNS was quashed after the spouses reconciled and resumed matrimonial life, confirming that the settled 498A settlement-quashing jurisprudence applies fully to the new code.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateSpecific Averments Keep a Director in a Cheque Bounce Case: Delhi High Court
Quashing was declined in a Section 138 NI Act case because the complaint contained specific averments of the director's involvement in the underlying transactions — designation-based defences must await trial.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateClaim Elements Decide Everything: Injunction Against Xiaomi's Find Device Refused
A Division Bench affirmed refusal of interim injunctions in a patent suit over Xiaomi's Find Device feature, finding essential claim elements absent and restating element-by-element infringement analysis.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Criminal LawNo Appeal Until Sentence: A POCSO Case Shows When a Conviction Becomes Appealable
With sentencing deferred amid a post-conviction dementia finding, the Delhi High Court permitted withdrawal of a premature POCSO appeal — a judgment becomes appealable only when sentence is awarded.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Commercial & CorporateAfter the Council Refers: DIAC Arbitration Under Section 18(3) MSMED Act Upheld
The Delhi High Court rejected a structural challenge to an award made on an MSEFC reference to the DIAC, holding the arbitral institution proceeds with full competence under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyEven Ex Parte, the Written Statement Counts: Divorce Decree Set Aside in Appeal
The High Court of Jharkhand set aside a divorce decree granted without examining the wife's written statement, holding that matrimonial courts must engage the pleaded defence even when proceedings go ex parte.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWinning the Residence Order Is Half the Battle: Enforcement Under the DV Act
How Section 19 residence orders are actually enforced in Delhi — police assistance under Section 19(7), protection officers, compliance reports and breach prosecution under Section 31.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyMaintenance After Retirement: Pension and Retiral Benefits as Income
Retirement changes the arithmetic of a maintenance case, not its principles: pension counts as income, the retiral corpus and its yield are examined, and modification requires proof, not assertion.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyThe False Income Affidavit: How Maintenance Courts Respond to Concealment
Adverse inference, costs, procedural sanction and perjury exposure — what actually happens when the sworn affidavit of assets and liabilities in a maintenance case turns out to be false or incomplete.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Procedure & PracticeCheque Bounce Cases: Arrest, Appearance and Bail Explained
There is no police arrest in a Section 138 NI Act case — but summons, bail bonds, exemption from appearance and the consequences of ignoring the court all follow rules every accused should know.
Read → 10 September 2026 · Criminal LawAnticipatory Bail Where Matrimonial Disputes Produce Cross-FIRs
When both sides of a broken marriage register FIRs, the pre-arrest bail calculus changes: what parity really means across cases, how timing is read, and the drafting and disclosure choices that decide outcomes.
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.