Guides
Guides to appeals, writs and petitions in the higher courts
Each guide answers one question a litigant actually asks, under the current law. For the firm's practice, see practice areas and the courts we appear before.
Supreme Court
Transferring a Criminal Case to Another State Through the Supreme Court
How section 446 BNSS lets the Supreme Court move a criminal case between States, when the High Court can do it instead, and what proof the Court expects.
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Curative Petition in the Supreme Court: The Last Remedy
What a curative petition is, the Rupa Ashok Hurra conditions, the Senior Advocate certificate, how the Court screens it, and why so few succeed.
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Review Petition in the Supreme Court: Grounds, Time Limit and Procedure
Asking the Supreme Court to review its own judgment under Article 137: the 30-day limit, the narrow grounds, hearing in chambers and when to file.
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Article 32 Petition in the Supreme Court: When It Is Maintainable
When a writ petition can be filed directly in the Supreme Court under Article 32, when the Court sends you to the High Court first, and how to prepare one.
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Transfer Petition in the Supreme Court for a Divorce Case
How a divorce or other matrimonial case is moved to a court in another State under section 25 CPC: what the Supreme Court weighs, mediation and filing.
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Criminal Appeal in the Supreme Court Against a Conviction
Challenging a High Court conviction in the Supreme Court: SLP or statutory appeal, the surrender rule and exemption, and bail while the appeal is heard.
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