In short
Bharat.Law tracks matters across 15,000+ Indian courts and forums: the Supreme Court, all 25 High Courts, district courts in every state and union territory, 17 tribunals and regulators, consumer commissions at all three levels, 17 state RERAs and 16 Real Estate Appellate Tribunals. Search by case number, CNR, filing number, diary number or party name.
Courts and forums covered
| Forum | Coverage |
|---|---|
| Supreme Court of India | All matters, by case number or diary number |
| High Courts | All 25 High Courts and their benches, including the Lucknow, Aurangabad, Nagpur, Goa, Madurai, Dharwad, Kalaburagi, Gwalior, Indore and Jaipur benches |
| District and subordinate courts | Every state and union territory, picked by state, district and court complex |
| Consumer commissions | National Commission (NCDRC), State Commissions (SCDRC) including circuit benches, and District Commissions (DCDRC) |
| Real Estate Regulatory Authorities (RERA) | 17 states |
| Real Estate Appellate Tribunals (REAT) | 16 states |
| Company and insolvency | National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) |
| Debt recovery | Debts Recovery Tribunals (DRT), DRT Recovery Certificates (RC/TRC) and Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunals (DRAT) |
| Tax | Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) and GST Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) |
| Securities and competition | Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT), Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and Competition Commission of India (CCI) |
| Service, information and forfeiture | Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Central Information Commission (CIC) and Appellate Tribunal for Forfeited Property (ATFP) |
| Environment, telecom and electricity | National Green Tribunal (NGT), Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) and Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) |
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Find and follow a matter
Open India Courts
Select Courts in the left rail, then Search a court matter.
Pick the forum
Choose the court, tribunal, commission or authority, then the bench, state or commission where it's needed.
Choose how to look it up
Pick case number, CNR, filing number, diary number or party name. The options depend on the forum.
Open the matter
Select Find this matter. Bharat.Law fetches the matter and opens its page.
Follow it
Follow privately, or track it in your team workspace so colleagues see it too.
Ways to look up a matter
| Forum | Look up by |
|---|---|
| Supreme Court | Case number (case type, number, year) or diary number |
| High Courts | Case number, filing number or CNR |
| District courts | Case number, filing number or CNR |
| Consumer commissions | Full case number, or case type, serial number and year |
| RERA and REAT | Case, complaint, appeal or conciliation number, as used by the state |
| NCLT and NCLAT | Filing number, case number or party name |
| DRT and DRAT | Case number, diary number or party name |
| DRT Recovery Certificate | Recovery certificate number |
| ITAT | Appeal number, filing date or assessee name |
| CAT and CESTAT | Case number, diary number or party name |
| GSTAT | Filing number or case number |
| SAT | Case number, filing number or party name |
| APTEL | Case number or filing number |
| NGT and TDSAT | Case number or diary number |
| ATFP, CIC, CCI and SEBI | Case number or party name |
What a matter page shows
- Overview: parties, advocates, bench, status, next and last hearing dates, and the Acts and sections involved.
- Listings: each hearing with its date, court number, item number, judges, stage and purpose.
- Orders and judgments, which open as PDFs.
- Related or connected matters, interlocutory applications, notices and the full court history, where the court publishes them.
- Add to calendar for the next hearing, and Report error if something looks wrong.
- Add to a case, to link the matter to a client case or create a new case from it.
Updates on matters you follow
Following a matter keeps it in My Matters and turns on updates for its next listing, listing changes, hearing reminders, status changes and new orders. Updates reach you in the daily court digest, by email and in the app.
- My Matters shows every matter you follow as a list or a hearings calendar.
- Recently Opened keeps the matters you've searched or opened, across all forums.
- Hearings for followed matters also appear on your Tasks calendar.
- In the Bharat.Law iOS app, followed matters and their latest orders can be saved for offline reading.
Frequently asked questions
Guides in this topic
Supreme Court case status
Find and follow a Supreme Court of India matter by case number or diary number.
Read guideHigh Court case status
Track matters in all 25 High Courts and their benches by case number, filing number or CNR.
Read guideDistrict court case status
Track district and subordinate court matters in every state and union territory by case number, filing number or CNR.
Read guideConsumer commission case status
Track cases before the National, State and District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions.
Read guideRERA and REAT case status
Track complaints before 17 state Real Estate Regulatory Authorities and appeals before 16 Real Estate Appellate Tribunals.
Read guideTribunal case status
Track NCLT, NCLAT, DRT, DRAT, ITAT, CAT, CESTAT, GSTAT, NGT, SAT, TDSAT, APTEL, ATFP, CIC, CCI and SEBI matters.
Read guideCourt alerts and court intelligence
Watch new orders and cause-list entries across Indian courts for the keywords, parties and topics you care about.
Read guideDaily court digest
One daily summary of upcoming hearings, new orders and court alert matches for the matters you follow.
Read guideCourt matters for your firm
Track court matters in a team workspace, assign them to colleagues and import your firm's existing matters.
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