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.
Separate Floors, No Shared Household – Advocate Manish Jha
A Karkardooma sessions court sets aside DV Act proceedings between relatives living on separate floors with separate kitchens and finances: with no domestic relationship, the Magistrate had no jurisdiction, and the access dispute belongs in a civil court.
Read → 25 October 2026 · Criminal LawPeace Bond Notices Survive Writ Test – Advocate Manish Jha
The Delhi High Court declines to quash a Special Executive Magistrate's show-cause notice under Sections 126/130 BNSS against a protest organiser, while mandating full disclosure of material and natural justice before any bond is ordered.
Read → 25 October 2026 · Criminal Law498A Quashed After Clean Break – Advocate Manish Jha
With the mutual consent divorce decreed, the DV complaint withdrawn and the mediated settlement paid in full, the Delhi High Court quashes the remaining 498A/406 FIR against the husband and his relatives as an abuse of process.
Read → 25 October 2026 · Criminal LawThird Bail Plea Succeeds in POCSO Case – Advocate Manish Jha
Where the sixteen-year-old's family accepted the relationship and the complainant father no longer pressed the case, the Delhi High Court granted regular bail in a Section 6 POCSO matter, holding continued custody would serve no fruitful purpose.
Read → 25 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyAdultery Plea Needs the Third Party Heard – Advocate Manish Jha
The Allahabad High Court upholds maintenance of Rs 30,000 per month: unproved photographs without a 65-B certificate cannot establish adultery, and no adverse finding can be recorded against a named co-adulterer who was never heard.
Read → 25 October 2026 · Matrimonial & FamilyWhen Consent Itself Is in Dispute – Advocate Manish Jha
The Jharkhand High Court holds an appeal lies against a Section 13-B decree where consent is disputed, and sets aside a mutual consent divorce granted without verifying the marriage date or testing the voluntariness of the wife's consent.
Read → 25 October 2026 · Commercial & CorporateDVAT Claim Fails, NIL Award Survives – Advocate Manish Jha
In L&T v. DMRC, the Delhi High Court holds that whether DVAT applied to contract supplies was arbitrable, and upholds the tribunal's NIL award on a Rs 4.46 crore reimbursement claim as a plausible view free of patent illegality.
Read → 25 October 2026 · Commercial & CorporateEx Parte Decree Stands, Delay Unexplained – Advocate Manish Jha
A Division Bench dismisses a Section 13 Commercial Courts Act appeal: a served defendant who engaged counsel once and vanished showed no sufficient cause, and limitation for setting aside the ex parte decree ran from the decree itself.
Read → 25 October 2026 · Civil & PropertyNo Decree, But No Forfeiture Either – Advocate Manish Jha
In a first appeal, the Delhi High Court refuses specific performance for want of proved financial capacity, but holds the seller cannot retain the Rs 4.15 lakh advance without proof of actual loss, affirming refund with interest.
Read → 25 October 2026 · Civil & PropertyUninsured MCD Truck, Full Liability – Advocate Manish Jha
The exemption of government vehicles from compulsory insurance is no immunity: the Delhi High Court directs MCD to pay the full MACT award for a fatal 2014 accident, setting aside execution against its driver.
Read → 25 October 2026 · Criminal LawClocks in POCSO Investigations – Advocate Manish Jha
An explainer on the statutory clocks in POCSO cases: the two-month investigation mandate under Section 193(2) BNSS, the default-bail timeline, the thirty-day rule for the child's evidence and the one-year trial target.
Read → 25 October 2026 · Commercial & CorporateThe Tribunal's Lien on Its Award – Advocate Manish Jha
When an arbitral tribunal withholds its award over unpaid fees, Section 39 supplies the answer: payment of the demanded costs into court, delivery of the award, and a judicial inquiry into what the tribunal may reasonably retain.
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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.