Practical guides to tracking Indian court cases

Every case in an Indian district court has a unique 16-character CNR. Here is what the code means, where it is printed, and what to do if you cannot find it.

The cause list is the court's daily schedule — which cases appear before which judge, at what item number. Here is how to read one and how to check whether your case is listed.

Two working ways to check a district court case by its CNR — the eCourts portal, and tracking it on CourtWatch so the updates come to you.

Finding a district court case when all you have is a name — how party-name search works, how to deal with namesakes, and how to turn the result into a tracked case.

From the FIR copy in your hand to the criminal case in court — searching a district court by police station and FIR number, and what it means when nothing comes up.

Finding all cases that stand in an advocate's name — in a district court or a High Court — and turning that list into a tracked board.

Bringing a full practice onto CourtWatch in one pass — importing by advocate barcode or by a list of case numbers, reviewing what the search returns, and tracking the lot in one tap.

Finding a Delhi High Court case by case number, party or advocate, and keeping up with its dates, orders and daily board without checking the website.

Searching the Bombay High Court — principal seat, Aurangabad, Nagpur or Goa — by case number, party name or advocate, and keeping the matter's dates and orders coming to you.

Searching the Allahabad High Court at Prayagraj or the Lucknow bench by case number, party name or advocate — and why a blank next date on an Allahabad matter is the record being honest.

The diary number is how the Supreme Court knows a case from the day it is filed. Here is how to look one up and keep track of its listings and orders.

Where the next hearing date actually lives, how to look it up on the court website, and how to get it delivered on WhatsApp instead of checking every few days.

What CourtWatch actually sends on WhatsApp — hearing reminders, date changes, disposals — when each message arrives, and why it will never flood you.

The CourtWatch home screen is the day's board — today's and tomorrow's hearings grouped by court, each card opening into the courtroom's cause list, the last order PDF, and the hearing's video-conference link where the court publishes one.

CourtWatch's research briefs read a corpus of 2.7 million+ Supreme Court and High Court judgments plus the text of 10 central acts, and return a structured brief on your question — in English or Hindi, as a PDF.

Precedent Search takes a plain-language issue — "anticipatory bail dowry", "cheque dishonour Section 138" — and returns reasoned judgments from the Supreme Court and five High Courts, each opening into the full text.

Every case page carries a Similar Precedents panel — judgments with similar facts, parties or legal points, each marked Binding or Persuasive for your case's court, surfaced without you searching.

Statute Search is free on CourtWatch — type an offence or a section in plain language and get the section text across 10 central acts, with the old-law and new-law provisions shown side by side.

CourtWatch reads the case file with you — a free Position from the hearing record, an AI Summary written from the court's own orders, and a Strategy brief argued from your side. What each shows and what it costs.