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How to track a court case online by CNR number

Published 22 Jul 2026

Verified against the live portal — 22 Jul 2026

Find your case

A name or a CNR is enough. Verify your phone number to see the results.

Sixteen characters, printed at the head of your order sheet. No court to choose — the number says which one.

Court not on the list? Pick the district inside CourtWatch

In short

Take the 16-character CNR (for example DLNT010004752026), and either enter it on the official district court website — retyping a captcha on every visit — or paste it into CourtWatch, where there is no captcha at all and the case keeps itself updated, with WhatsApp messages when the next date or status changes. Following your own case is free; lawyers start with a 10-day full-access trial.

There are two honest ways to do this. One costs nothing but your time, every single time. The other you set up once.

1

Have the CNR ready

The CNR is the case's unique 16-character code, printed on court orders and the e-filing acknowledgment. If you do not have it, our guide on finding your CNR shows every place it appears.

2

The official website method

Open the official district court website, choose the CNR Number search, enter the sixteen characters, and solve the captcha. You will see the case's parties, stage, next hearing date, and order links.

This works, and it is free. Its limits are practical: the captcha has to be retyped on every visit, the page shows one case at a time, and nothing tells you when something changes — you find out the case moved because you thought to look.

3

The tracking method

On CourtWatch, paste the same CNR into the search bar. No captcha — the case simply opens, with the same court record: parties, stage, next date, hearing history, orders, and a Track button. Track it, and from then on:

  • the case is re-checked through the day, without you visiting anything;
  • a WhatsApp message arrives when the next date or the case's status changes;
  • a hearing reminder arrives the evening before and the morning of every listed date.

Following your own matters is free — a free account holds two cases, genuinely enough for most litigants. If you handle a full board, start the 10-day full-access trial (no card) and paid plans lift the limits from there.

Caution: whichever method you use, the online record follows what the court's registry has uploaded. If a very recent order has not been uploaded yet, no website — ours included — can show it before the registry does.

FAQ

Can I check a case by CNR without a captcha?

Yes — on CourtWatch. The official district court website asks for a captcha on every single search; searching by CNR on CourtWatch never asks you for one, and once you track the case even the searching stops — updates come to you, no captcha involved.

Does CNR tracking work for High Court and Supreme Court cases?

CourtWatch also tracks Delhi High Court, several other High Courts, and Supreme Court matters — those searches work by case number or diary number rather than CNR. Supreme Court search shows the court's own captcha, usually already filled in for you to confirm. Once a case is tracked, updates and reminders arrive the same way for every court, captcha-free.

Is the case data different from the court website?

No. The record comes from the same official court sources; CourtWatch adds the tracking, history and alerts on top of it.

Paste a CNR and see the whole case — parties, stage, next date, order history.

Track your first case free