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BOOKLET
One filing, in one court, from first page to last.
Longer reference, 4 to 9 minutes. Open it when you are drafting that filing, and keep it beside you.
NOTE
One point of practice, signed by the person who wrote it.
Short, 2 to 5 minutes, and useful across courts. Practice notes, how-tos and one-page checklists.
COURT BOOKLETS

One booklet per filing. Every section, in order.

NOTES · SHORT, SIGNED, PRACTICAL

Notes from the practice.

A shelf of bound law reportsALL COURTS
PRACTICE NOTE · ALL COURTS
Condonation of delay: the day-by-day explanation
Sufficient cause, how courts read it, and why the supporting affidavit should account for every stretch of the delay.
Adv. Gauri Kaushik28 Oct 2026 · 5 min
The Supreme Court of India, New Delhi, seen across its lawnSUPREME COURT
PRACTICE NOTE · SUPREME COURT
Questions of law that read like questions of law
How to frame the questions in an SLP so that the bench sees the point of law in one line.
Adv. Gauri Kaushik25 Oct 2026 · 5 min
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High CourtALL COURTS
PRACTICE NOTE · ALL COURTS
Translating an FIR: what to verify before you annex it
Names, dates and sections: the passages worth checking against the original, and what the Supreme Court expects of a translation.
Adv. Rishiraj Mishra12 Oct 2026 · 4 min
The statue of Justice with scales on a spire of the Bombay High CourtDELHI HC
PRACTICE NOTE · DELHI HC
The memo of parties, the way Delhi wants it
Order, addresses and the details the Delhi High Court Registry has asked advocates to include.
WritOnline Editorial29 Sep 2026 · 3 min
A contract being signed at a deskALL COURTS
PRACTICE NOTE · ALL COURTS
Why the verification is the last thing to rewrite
The wording is standard, but what it says depends on every paragraph before it, so it should be checked last.
Adv. Rishiraj Mishra15 Oct 2026 · 3 min
Arched corridors of the Allahabad High CourtALLAHABAD HC
CHECKLIST · ALLAHABAD HC
Before you file an S.C.C. Revision
A one-page list to run through before the revision goes to the counter: forum, court fee, copies, annexure order and vakalatnama.
Adv. Sachin Mishra20 Oct 2026 · 2 min
A shelf of bound law reportsALL COURTS
HOW-TO · ALL COURTS
From one combined PDF to an e-filing-ready paper book
How WritOnline turns the Index of your draft into PDF bookmarks, and when to adjust them by hand.
Aryan Mishra8 Oct 2026 · 4 min
A shelf of bound law reportsALL COURTS
HOW-TO · ALL COURTS
Researching by issue, not by case name
Write the question the way you would ask a senior, then narrow it with filters.
Aryan Mishra24 Sep 2026 · 4 min
FILING CHECKLISTS
Tick it off before the counter.
The “check before you file” list from each booklet, and a few stand-alone ones.
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SLP (Civil): synopsis, dates and questions of law
8 items · SUPREME COURT
Open checklist
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Transfer petitions before the Supreme Court
5 items · SUPREME COURT
Open checklist
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S.C.C. Revision, section by section
6 items · ALLAHABAD HC
Open checklist
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Bail applications at Allahabad
5 items · ALLAHABAD HC
Open checklist
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Delhi writs: urgent applications and notice of motion
5 items · DELHI HC
Open checklist
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Before you file an S.C.C. Revision
13 items · ALLAHABAD HC
Open checklist
GLOSSARY
The words on every filing.
Plain-language definitions, the way the registry uses them.
Cause title
The heading of a filing: the court, its jurisdiction, the case number and the parties, in the exact form that court uses.
SEEN IN · EVERY FILING
WHO WRITES THIS
Written by advocates, checked before it goes up.
Every booklet and note carries the name of the person who wrote it, the rules and decisions it relies on, and a line to check the current rule before you file.
Adv. Gauri Kaushik
Co-founder · Legal · Supreme Court of India
Adv. Rishiraj Mishra
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench
Adv. Sachin Mishra
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench
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