To check an eCourts case status, enter the case's 16-character alphanumeric CNR on the official District and Taluka Courts service, without spaces or hyphens, complete the CAPTCHA and select Search. If you do not know the CNR, the Case Status section provides other routes, including party name, case registration number and advocate details. The first step is choosing the correct court service, because district court and High Court searches are separate.
| Service | eCourts Services for district and taluka courts |
|---|---|
| Direct search identifier | 16-character alphanumeric CNR |
| If CNR is unavailable | Case Status searches using other case details |
| Party name search | At least three characters, with registration year and court selection |
| Important limitation | Cross-check information with the court record |
How to check eCourts case status by CNR number
Start at the official eCourts District and Taluka Courts page. Its CNR search instructions specify 16 alphanumeric characters. Although the page uses the word number, the identifier contains letters as well as digits. Copy the identifier carefully from your case material and remove any spaces or separating hyphens before submitting it.
Type the characters in the CAPTCHA and select Search. The portal says this displays the current status and history of the case. If you mistype the identifier, recheck it before assuming that a missing result means the case does not exist. A CNR search is intended to identify a particular case; a party-name search can return several records that need further comparison.
The public page also offers an audio CAPTCHA option. It cautions users against using the browser toolbar's reload or back button. Follow the service's own navigation where available while completing a search. No login or access to a private litigant account was used for this guide, and no individual case outcome has been inferred from a search example.
How to find case status without a CNR
Open the Case Status section and select the relevant state, district and court establishment as prompted. For a party-name search, the portal asks for at least three characters of the name and the case registration year. The party can be a petitioner, plaintiff, complainant, respondent, defendant, appellant, accused person or another party recorded in the case.
Choose Pending, Disposed or Both. Both is useful when you do not know which status applies. Select the matching record from the results and open its history. Compare the court, year and parties before relying on what you find. Sharing a surname with a litigant is not enough to establish that a result is the case you intended to check.
For a case-number search, select the case type, then enter the registration number and registration year. The portal separately provides a filing-number route, which asks for the filing number and filing year. Those labels matter: use the number corresponding to the selected search field rather than treating every number on a case document as interchangeable.
An advocate search offers the advocate's name or bar registration number, as well as an advocate's date-specific cause list. The help instructions allow part of an advocate's name, with at least three characters. A bar registration number gives a different search route where a name is common or appears in more than one spelling.
The FIR route asks for the police station, FIR number and FIR year, together with the relevant case-status selection. The portal also includes searches by Act and case type. Use whichever route matches the information already available in your documents. Entering an FIR year into a case-registration-year field, for example, does not follow the instructions for that search.
Case history, orders and cause lists are different
The service menu separates Case Status, Court Orders and Cause List. These answer related questions: locating a case, finding a court's uploaded order, and checking the matters listed for a particular court date. The official eCourts help guide explains that a cause-list search requires the court complex, court name and date, followed by the civil or criminal list.
A listing should be read alongside the relevant case history and order. The eCourts homepage expressly asks users to cross-check correctness with the authorities concerned or the relevant record. It also warns that the information is not meant as legal evidence and that updates may be delayed. A screen display therefore should not be used to decide that attendance, compliance or another court direction can be ignored.
What to do if a case does not appear
Check the court selection, spelling, registration year and Pending or Disposed filter first. If you have a CNR, try the direct CNR route. If the problem remains, use the concerned court's official contact information or ask your legal representative to reconcile the search with the case documents. This is a record-search service, not an application for a benefit or a fixed payment.
The eCourts homepage links separately to High Court Services and District Court Services. It also publishes an SMS route: send ECOURTS followed by a space and your CNR to 9766899899. That is an information service number, not a promise of legal assistance or an assurance that every record has already been updated.
For help with the next procedural question, see our free legal aid guide. Our consumer complaint filing explainer and RTI Online guide describe separate public services. Use the correct forum for the underlying problem, then retain its acknowledgement and case identifiers for later tracking.
