# How to check your case status online in India: a full guide **TL;DR:** Almost every case in an Indian court can be tracked free of cost through the [eCourts Services portal](https://services.ecourts.gov.in/ecourtindia_v6/) and the eCourts Services mobile app. The fastest route is the 16-digit CNR (Case Number and Record) number, which is unique to your case and never changes. If you do not have the CNR, you can still search by case number, party name, advocate name, or FIR number. The Supreme Court runs its own portal at [sci.gov.in](https://www.sci.gov.in/), each High Court has a dedicated case-status site, and the [National Judicial Data Grid](https://njdg.ecourts.gov.in/) shows pendency statistics across the whole country. This guide walks through every method, step by step, with the exact fields you need to fill. --- ## On this page - [What the eCourts system actually is](#what-the-ecourts-system-actually-is) - [The CNR number explained](#the-cnr-number-explained) - [Step by step: search by CNR number](#step-by-step-search-by-cnr-number) - [Search by party name, advocate, FIR, and more](#search-by-party-name-advocate-fir-and-more) - [The National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG)](#the-national-judicial-data-grid-njdg) - [The eCourts Services mobile app](#the-ecourts-services-mobile-app) - [Supreme Court and High Court portals](#supreme-court-and-high-court-portals) - [Cause lists, SMS, and alerts](#cause-lists-sms-and-alerts) - [Troubleshooting common problems](#troubleshooting-common-problems) - [How Niyam fits in](#how-niyam-fits-in) - [Frequently asked questions](#frequently-asked-questions) - [Key takeaways](#key-takeaways) --- ## What the eCourts system actually is If you are a litigant, a paralegal, a journalist, or a law student in India, the single most useful website you can bookmark is the eCourts Services portal. It is the public face of the eCourts Project, run under the e-Committee of the Supreme Court of India and powered by the National Informatics Centre. The project digitised case records from District and Taluka courts across the country and put them online, so you no longer need to travel to a court complex and stand at a window to ask what happened on your last date of hearing. The portal at [services.ecourts.gov.in](https://services.ecourts.gov.in/ecourtindia_v6/) gives you near real-time access to case status, the next hearing date, the history of past hearings, the names of the judge and the advocates, daily orders, final judgments, and cause lists. It covers District and Taluka courts directly, and links out to the separate [High Court services portal](https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/) for matters pending before any of the High Courts. According to the [e-Committee of the Supreme Court](https://ecommitteesci.gov.in/service/ecourts-services-portal/), the data on these portals is updated by the respective courts themselves, which is why what you see is usually only a working day or two behind the physical file. This matters because India carries an enormous caseload. As reported through the [National Judicial Data Grid](https://njdg.ecourts.gov.in/), total pendency across all court levels has crossed 55 million cases, with the large majority sitting in district courts. With numbers that big, manual tracking is hopeless. The eCourts system is what makes it possible for an ordinary person to follow one specific case out of tens of millions. A few things to understand before you start. The portal is free. You do not need to register or log in to run a basic search. Every search asks you to type a captcha, which is a short alphanumeric code shown on screen, so plan to do this on a device where you can read and type comfortably. And the system is busy in the mornings, which we will come back to in the troubleshooting section. It also helps to know what the system is not. The eCourts portal is a status and information service, not a filing window or a place to take action in your case. You cannot file a petition, pay court fees, or talk to a judge through it. It mirrors the case record so you can read it from anywhere. Anything that changes the case still happens through the court, your advocate, or the e-filing system, which is a separate platform. Keep that distinction clear and you will not waste time looking for buttons that do not exist. Who actually uses it, and for what? Litigants check their next hearing date and whether an order has been passed. Advocates and their clerks pull cause lists every morning to plan the day and confirm where their matters are listed. Law students and researchers mine it for orders and judgments to study. Journalists follow high-profile matters as they move. And ordinary citizens who have been served a notice use it to understand what stage a case against them has reached. The portal was built so that none of these people need to physically visit a court to get this information, and for the most part it delivers on that promise. --- ## The CNR number explained The CNR number is the backbone of the whole system, so it is worth understanding properly. CNR stands for Case Number and Record. It is a unique 16-character alphanumeric code assigned to every case filed in the District and Taluka courts of India. The crucial property is that it never changes. A case can move from one court to another, get renumbered, get tagged with other matters, or sit dormant for years, and the CNR stays the same throughout its life. This is what makes it the most reliable way to track a case. The [Calcutta High Court's official note on the module](https://calcuttahighcourt.gov.in/downloads/ecourt_files/cis3/Some_Important_Modules/Case_Number_Record.pdf) and explainers like [Whatis.in](https://whatis.in/what-is-cnr-number/) break the 16 characters down like this: | Position | Characters | Meaning | Example | |----------|-----------|---------|---------| | 1 to 2 | Alphabetic | State code | MH (Maharashtra) | | 3 to 4 | Alphabetic | District code | NA (Nagpur) | | 5 to 6 | Numeric | Court establishment code | 01 | | 7 to 10 | Numeric | Year the case was filed | 2026 | | 11 to 16 | Numeric | Case filing number for that year and court | 001234 | So a CNR like MHNA01001234**2026** tells a trained eye that the case is in Maharashtra, in the Nagpur district, in establishment 01, filed in 2026, and is the 1,234th case registered there that year. You do not need to decode it yourself. You only need to type it correctly. Where do you find your CNR? If you have engaged an advocate, ask them; it appears on the case papers and on any order sheet. If you have filed the case yourself, it is printed on the filing acknowledgement. And if you do not have it at all, do not worry. You can recover it by running a search on party name or advocate name first, opening your case, and reading the CNR off the case details page. From then on, save it somewhere safe, because it is the single fastest key to your case. A word on why this design is so useful. Before the CNR, the only way to refer to a case was by its registration number, which is tied to a particular court and case type. The moment a matter was transferred, clubbed with another, or sent up on appeal, that number changed, and following the same dispute across stages became a paper chase. The CNR cut through all of that. It is a stable identity that survives every administrative change, which is exactly what you want when a case can run for years across more than one court. Think of it as the case's permanent account number rather than a temporary file label. One more practical point. The CNR is specific to District and Taluka court cases. Supreme Court and High Court matters are tracked through their own numbering, principally the diary number and the registered case number, which we cover later. So if your matter is in a higher court, you will not have a CNR in this 16-character form; you will work with the diary or case number instead. Knowing which identifier belongs to which forum saves a lot of confusion when you sit down to search. --- ## Step by step: search by CNR number This is the quickest method and the one to use whenever you have the number. It works the same way on the website and the mobile app. | Step | What to do | |------|-----------| | 1 | Open [services.ecourts.gov.in](https://services.ecourts.gov.in/ecourtindia_v6/) in a browser, or open the eCourts Services app | | 2 | Find the **CNR Number** search box on the home page | | 3 | Type the 16-character CNR with no spaces, no hyphens, and the correct mix of letters and digits | | 4 | Type the captcha code exactly as shown on screen | | 5 | Click **Search** | | 6 | Read the case details page that opens | When the case loads, you will see a structured page. The most useful parts are usually near the top and in the tabs that follow. - **Case details**: the filing number, registration number, and the CNR itself, so you can confirm you have the right matter. - **Case status**: whether the case is pending or disposed, the stage it is at, the coram or judge, and most importantly the **next hearing date**. - **Petitioner and respondent**: the parties and their advocates. - **Case history**: a dated list of every previous hearing, with the business or purpose recorded on each date. This is gold for understanding how a matter has actually moved. - **Orders**: links to download daily order PDFs and, if the case is disposed, the final judgment. The official portal also lets you generate a QR code for a case once it is open. Scanning that code on a phone opens the same case details, which is a handy way to move a case from your laptop to your phone or to share it with a colleague. As [Whatis.in](https://whatis.in/what-is-cnr-number/) notes, you can even send the CNR by SMS to 9766899899 to pull a short status, although the web and app views give you far more. One caution. Type the CNR character by character if you are unsure, because a single wrong character returns either no result or, worse, a different case. The state and district letters at the start are where people most often slip. It is worth lingering on the case history tab, because it is the part most people skim and the part that tells the real story. Each row records a date, the name of the judge or coram on that date, and the purpose for which the case was listed, often phrased as the "business on date." Reading down that list, you can see whether a matter has genuinely been moving or simply being adjourned from one date to the next. A long run of entries that all say something like "for arguments" or "adjourned" tells you the case is stuck. Entries that show evidence being recorded, issues being framed, or an order being reserved tell you it is progressing. For a litigant trying to understand why a case feels slow, this tab is more honest than any verbal assurance, and it costs nothing to read. The orders tab is the other one to open. For a pending matter it lists the interim and procedural orders passed so far, each downloadable as a PDF. For a disposed matter it carries the final judgment. These are the actual documents, not summaries, so if you want to know precisely what a court directed on a given date, this is where you get the authoritative text rather than a second-hand account. --- ## Search by party name, advocate, FIR, and more Most people who land on the portal do not have a CNR. That is fine. The **Case Status** section on the left-hand menu lets you search using several other handles. As the [official case status page](https://services.ecourts.gov.in/ecourtindia_v6/?p=casestatus%2Findex) and explainers such as [AapTaxLaw](https://www.aaptaxlaw.com/ecourts/case-status-search-online-by-party-name-case-search-in-district-taluka-courts-by-party-name.html) describe, you can search by: - **Party name**: the petitioner or respondent's name. - **Advocate name**: the lawyer on record. - **Case number**: the registration number plus case type and year. - **Filing number**: the number on your filing acknowledgement. - **FIR number**: useful in criminal matters where you know the police station and FIR. - **Act**: cases filed under a particular statute. - **Case type**: the category of matter. The flow is the same whichever handle you pick. First you choose the location. For District and Taluka courts you select the State, then the District, then the court establishment or complex. For High Court matters you head to the [High Court services portal](https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/) and pick the High Court and the bench first. Then you select the search tab you want, fill in the details, and type the captcha. A worked example by party name: | Step | What to do | |------|-----------| | 1 | Go to **Case Status** and choose your State, District, and court establishment | | 2 | Click the **Party Name** tab | | 3 | Type the party's name (a surname or company name is often enough) | | 4 | Select the year and whether you want **Pending**, **Disposed**, or **Both** | | 5 | Enter the captcha and click **Go** | | 6 | Pick your case from the list, then open it to read the CNR and full history | A few practical tips. Party-name search can return many results if the name is common, so narrow by year and by pending or disposed status. Advocate-name search is excellent when you know your lawyer but not your own case number. And FIR-number search needs the police station and FIR year, so keep your FIR copy handy. Whatever route you use, the goal is the same: open the case once, note the CNR, and use the CNR for every future check. Each search handle suits a different situation, and it is worth knowing which to reach for. If you have been served papers and know only the other side's name, party-name search is your way in. If you remember your lawyer but misplaced every document, advocate-name search will surface your matters. If you are following a criminal case and have the FIR, the FIR-number route ties straight to the police record. If you kept your filing slip, the filing-number search is the most precise of the lot because it points to exactly one case. And the case-number search is the natural choice once a matter is registered and you have its registration number, type, and year. The skill is matching the handle you have to the search that uses it, rather than forcing every search through party name. A common mistake is searching the wrong court. District and Taluka court matters live on the [eCourts Services portal](https://services.ecourts.gov.in/ecourtindia_v6/), where you pick State, District, and establishment. High Court matters live on the [High Court services portal](https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/), where you pick the High Court and bench. If your search returns nothing, the first thing to check is whether you are even looking in the right forum. People often type a perfectly correct name into the district portal for a case that is actually pending in the High Court, and naturally find nothing. If you are reading a judgment that turns up in one of these searches and want to understand how to work through it, our guide on [how to read a judgment](/blog/how-to-read-a-judgment) walks through the structure of an Indian court order paragraph by paragraph. --- ## The National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) The eCourts portal answers "what is happening in my case." The [National Judicial Data Grid](https://njdg.ecourts.gov.in/) answers a different and bigger question: "what is happening across the whole system." NJDG is the official statistical database of the Indian judiciary, described by the [National Informatics Centre](https://www.nic.gov.in/project/national-judicial-data-grid/) as the repository of case-related data for all courts in the country, including the Supreme Court, the High Courts, and the District and Taluka courts. NJDG shows consolidated figures for cases instituted, cases disposed, and cases pending, and these numbers are refreshed every day by the respective courts. You can drill down from the national level to a State, to a district, and right down to an individual court. The portal splits into a District Courts view and a separate [High Court NJDG view](https://njdg.ecourts.gov.in/hcnjdg_v2/), so you can look at either tier. What is it useful for in practice? A litigant can see how heavily loaded a particular court is, which gives a realistic sense of why dates get pushed. A researcher or journalist can pull pendency data by State or by case age, including the count of cases pending beyond a decade. And a lawyer can use it to compare disposal rates and understand systemic delay. As [Wikipedia's summary of NJDG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Judicial_Data_Grid) notes, it functions primarily as a tool for monitoring pendency and disposal rather than for tracking one specific matter, so use it alongside, not instead of, the eCourts case-status search. There is a sobering side to NJDG that is worth seeing for yourself. When you look at the age profile of pending cases, you find a long tail of matters that have been alive for more than ten years, and a smaller but real set that have run for over thirty. Reporting drawn from the grid in early 2026 put total pendency above 55 million cases, with the overwhelming share in district courts. Numbers like these are abstract until you have a case of your own moving through the system, at which point the grid stops being a statistic and starts explaining your reality. It is why a date can slip and why a "next date" can land months out. None of that excuses delay, but it does help a litigant calibrate expectations. For most people, the two portals work as a pair. NJDG tells you the weather across the system. eCourts tells you what is happening to you. Read the grid once to understand the climate your case lives in, then go back to the case-status search for the day-to-day. The two were built by the same project to complement each other, and using them together gives you both the wide view and the close-up. --- ## The eCourts Services mobile app If you check cases often, the eCourts Services app is worth installing. It is free, official, and available for both [Android on Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.gov.ecourts.eCourtsServices&hl=en_IN) and [iOS on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/in/app/ecourts-services/id1260905816). The [e-Committee](https://ecommitteesci.gov.in/service/ecourts-services-mobile-application/) maintains it as the mobile counterpart of the web portal. The app organises everything under clear sections: **CNR Search**, **Case Status**, **Cause List**, **Calendar**, and **My Cases**. The CNR search works exactly as on the web. The Case Status section gives you the same party, advocate, FIR, and case-number filters. And the app adds two features that the casual web user often misses. The first is **My Cases**, a personal bookmarked list. You add a case once, by CNR, and it sits in your list so you can check it with a single tap instead of retyping the number and a captcha every time. For anyone following two or three matters, this alone justifies the install. The second is the **QR code** feature. As described in the [app help guide](https://services.ecourts.gov.in/App/apphelp.html), you can scan a case QR code generated on the eCourts website to pull that case straight onto your phone. It removes typing errors entirely, because you are scanning the exact case rather than re-keying a 16-character string. The app also surfaces cause lists and court orders, and it works around the clock. There is no separate login for basic use, the same as the web. If you only ever check one case, the website is enough. If you are juggling several, the app's My Cases list will save you real time. There is a small but important habit to build with the app. When you add a case to My Cases, add it by CNR rather than by re-running a name search each time. The CNR locks you to exactly one matter, so your saved list stays accurate even if a namesake's case appears later. The Calendar view then pulls together the next dates for everything you are tracking, which is genuinely useful when you have hearings in two or three matters and want to see them on one screen rather than opening each case in turn. One caveat on the app worth flagging. It is a thin client over the same court data, so it inherits the same update lag as the web. If a record has not been refreshed by court staff, the app will show the same stale status the website does, because both read from one source. The app makes access faster and friendlier; it does not make the underlying data fresher. Keep that in mind before you assume a blank next-date field is an app bug rather than a court that has not updated yet. --- ## Supreme Court and High Court portals The eCourts portals cover District and Taluka courts, and link to the High Court services portal. But the Supreme Court of India runs its own dedicated system, and individual High Courts maintain their own case-status pages too. If your matter is in the apex court or you want the richest detail for a High Court case, go to the source. For the **Supreme Court**, the official site is [sci.gov.in](https://www.sci.gov.in/) (the older [main.sci.gov.in](https://main.sci.gov.in/case-status) pages are still live). As the [National Government Services Portal](https://services.india.gov.in/service/detail/check-status-of-cases-of-supreme-court-1) sets out, you can check the status of both pending and disposed Supreme Court cases by searching on: - **Diary number**: the number assigned when a matter is first filed, before it is formally registered as a case. This is the most common way to find a fresh filing. - **Case number**: the registered case number, with case type and year. - **Party name** or **case title**. - **Advocate-on-record name**. - **High Court number**, useful when an appeal has come up from a High Court. The Supreme Court site also hosts its own [cause lists](https://www.sci.gov.in/cause-list/) and [daily orders](https://main.sci.gov.in/daily-order), which we cover next. For **High Courts**, you have two routes. The consolidated [High Court services portal](https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/) lets you search any High Court by selecting the court and bench first. Alternatively, every High Court runs its own website with a case-status section, which sometimes carries listing detail or document downloads not yet mirrored on the central portal. Our explainers on [Article 226 writ jurisdiction](/blog/how-to-file-writ-petition) give more context on what actually proceeds in these courts if you are filing or following a writ matter. A note on neutral citations. When a Supreme Court or High Court matter is disposed, the judgment now carries a court-assigned neutral citation, and the eCourts and court portals are increasingly the place these first appear. If you need to cite what you find, read our guides on [neutral citations and e-SCR](/blog/e-scr-neutral-citations) and [how to cite Indian judgments](/blog/how-to-cite-indian-judgments) so you record the reference correctly the first time. --- ## Cause lists, SMS, and alerts Knowing the status of your case is one thing. Knowing when it is next listed is another, and that is what a cause list tells you. A cause list is the daily roster of cases a particular court or judge will take up on a given date. Both the eCourts portals and the court websites publish them. On the [eCourts portal](https://services.ecourts.gov.in/ecourtindia_v6/) and the app, you select the court and the date, and you get the list of cases scheduled, usually with the serial number and the item against each matter. For the Supreme Court, the [cause list section](https://www.sci.gov.in/cause-list/) carries the daily cause list, the advance list, the registrar list, the chamber list, and several others, all searchable by date. Lawyers check these every working morning to know where their cases sit in the day's order. For lighter-touch tracking, you have two alert-style options. - **SMS Pull**: send your CNR by SMS to the designated number, commonly cited as 9766899899, to receive a short status reply. This is handy when you have no data connection but want a quick check. - **Push notifications and alerts**: through the app and certain portal features, you can be notified when a new order is uploaded or a hearing date is set, so you are not relying on remembering to check. It helps to know the cast of lists a court can publish, because they are not all the same. The **daily cause list** is the roster for a given day. The **advance list** looks a day or two ahead, so advocates can prepare. The **registrar list**, **chamber list**, and **terminal list** carry matters being taken up by registrars or in chambers rather than in open court. For District and Taluka courts the daily list is usually all you need; for the Supreme Court, the [cause list section](https://www.sci.gov.in/cause-list/) makes all of these available by date. The serial number against your case in the list tells you roughly how early or late in the day it is likely to be called, which is the practical information a litigant or clerk actually wants. Used together, the cause list tells you the date, the case-status page tells you what happened on the last date, and the SMS or push alert nudges you when something changes. For anyone who cannot afford to miss a hearing, that combination is the practical safety net. Indian courts take non-appearance seriously, so build the habit of checking your next date well before it arrives, and confirm it again the evening before, because listings can shift. --- ## Troubleshooting common problems The system works well, but it has quirks. Here are the issues people hit most often and how to get past them. **The captcha keeps failing.** Captchas are case-sensitive and easy to misread. Look carefully at characters that resemble each other, such as the letter O and the digit 0, or the letter l and the digit 1. If you cannot read one, refresh it for a new code rather than guessing. **Your CNR returns no result.** The most common cause is a typo, especially in the two letters at the start of the code. Re-type the whole CNR slowly. If it still fails, the case may be in a court that has not yet uploaded that record, or the record is mid-migration. Try searching by party or advocate name instead, find the case, and read the CNR off the details page. **The portal is slow or times out.** As several explainers and the [eCourtsIndia blog](https://blogs.ecourtsindia.com/2026/04/16/check-court-case-status-online-india/) point out, the portal and app slow down sharply on working mornings, roughly between 10 am and noon, when lawyers across the country are pulling cause lists at the same time. If you can, check in the afternoon or evening, when traffic is lighter and pages load cleanly. **The status looks out of date.** Remember that court staff update the records, often a working day or two after the hearing. If you checked the evening of a hearing and nothing has changed, give it a day. If days pass and the next-date field is still blank or stale, the safest move is to call the court's filing counter or ask your advocate, because the physical order sheet is the final authority. **You found a similar name but cannot tell if it is your case.** Open it and check the CNR, the parties, and the filing year against your own papers. Do not rely on the party name alone, especially for common surnames or company names. **You need to know whether the judgment you found is still good law.** A disposed case on the portal shows you the order, but not whether a higher court has since overturned or distinguished it. That is a separate check. Our guide on [checking whether a judgment is good law](/blog/good-law-checking) explains how to verify that an authority still stands before you rely on it. **The order PDF will not open or download.** Court-uploaded PDFs are sometimes scanned images rather than text, and a few are large. If a file refuses to open in the browser, try downloading it and opening it in a dedicated PDF reader. If it is a scan, you will not be able to copy text out of it directly; you will have to read it or run it through an OCR tool first. A grounding note on what real users say. The eCourts service genuinely changed daily practice for the people who deal with courts. A recurring observation, captured in practitioner write-ups such as this [walkthrough of tracking cases by CNR and QR code](https://www.vkeel.com/legal-blog/procedure-to-track-court-cases-online-cnr-number-qr-code), is that the QR-and-CNR workflow removed the old ritual of phoning a clerk or visiting the court window just to learn the next date. At the same time, the well-documented [working-morning slowdown](https://blogs.ecourtsindia.com/2026/04/16/check-court-case-status-online-india/), when advocates across the country pull cause lists at the same time, is the single most common gripe, and the simplest fix is to check later in the day. Both of these are worth knowing before you form a view: the system is a real improvement, and its main annoyance has a one-line workaround. --- ## How Niyam fits in The eCourts system is excellent at one job: telling you the live status of a specific case you already know how to find. What it does not do is help you research the law around that case, read across thousands of related judgments, or confirm whether an authority is still binding. That is where [Niyam](https://app.niyam.ai/register) comes in. Niyam is a legal-AI platform built for Indian law. Once eCourts has told you what is happening in your matter, Niyam helps you do the harder thinking: find the judgments that bear on your facts, pull out the holding and the ratio, check citations, and confirm whether a precedent is still good law. It is the research layer that sits on top of the tracking that eCourts gives you for free. You can start with a trial pack of credits for **₹100** and run real research, not a watered-down demo. [Create an account at app.niyam.ai/register](https://app.niyam.ai/register) and put your first query in. The portals in this guide will keep your case on the rails. Niyam helps you win the argument inside it. --- ## Frequently asked questions **Is the eCourts portal free to use?** Yes. Searching for case status, viewing cause lists, and reading orders on the eCourts Services portal and app is free, and basic searches need no registration or login. You only have to type a captcha for each search. **What is the difference between the CNR number and the case number?** The case number is the registration number assigned within a particular court, and it can change if the case is transferred or renumbered. The CNR is a permanent 16-character code that stays with the case for its entire life, regardless of transfers, which is why it is the most reliable way to track a matter. **I do not have the CNR. Can I still find my case?** Yes. Use the Case Status section and search by party name, advocate name, FIR number, case number, or filing number. Once you open the case, the CNR is shown on the details page. Save it for future checks. **Does eCourts cover the Supreme Court and High Courts?** The main eCourts portal covers District and Taluka courts and links to the High Court services portal. The Supreme Court runs its own case-status system at [sci.gov.in](https://www.sci.gov.in/), where you can search by diary number, case number, party name, and more. The [High Court services portal](https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/) covers all High Courts. **What is NJDG and how is it different from case status?** The National Judicial Data Grid is the statistics portal of the Indian judiciary. It shows how many cases are instituted, disposed, and pending across the country, down to individual courts. It is for understanding pendency and delay, not for tracking one specific case. Use the eCourts case-status search for your own matter. **Why is my case status not updated after a hearing?** Court staff update the records, usually a working day or two after the hearing. If the status has not moved after a day or two, contact the court's filing counter or your advocate, because the physical order sheet is the authoritative record. **Can I get alerts instead of checking manually?** Yes. You can send your CNR by SMS to the designated number for a quick status, and the eCourts app can push notifications when a new order is uploaded or a hearing date is set. Adding a case to **My Cases** in the app lets you check it with a single tap. --- ## Key takeaways - The [eCourts Services portal](https://services.ecourts.gov.in/ecourtindia_v6/) and app let you track almost any Indian court case for free, with no login for basic searches. - The **16-digit CNR number** is permanent and the fastest, most reliable way to find and follow a case. Recover it once and save it. - If you lack the CNR, search by **party name, advocate, FIR, case number, or filing number**, then read the CNR off the case page. - The [National Judicial Data Grid](https://njdg.ecourts.gov.in/) shows system-wide pendency, while case status shows your own matter; use both. - The **eCourts app** adds a My Cases bookmark list and QR-code lookup that save real time for regular users. - The **Supreme Court** ([sci.gov.in](https://www.sci.gov.in/)) and individual **High Courts** run their own portals with diary-number and case-number search and full cause lists. - Check in the afternoon to dodge the working-morning slowdown, type captchas and CNRs carefully, and confirm a found case by its CNR before you rely on it.