Search court cases by name before you buy from someone
Type the seller's name as it appears on the documents, with initials. The eCourts case registry is searched across India, and every case listed against the name comes back with its parties, court, case type and number, status and filing date, so you can tell the seller's cases from a namesake's.
Sign in with your phone to run it. You see the price and approve it before anything runs.
- All of India in one search, not one court at a time
- Court, case type, status and year on every hit
- Charged when the search completes; a failed search costs nothing
2 creditsper run, charged when the register answers
What we need
One thing at a time. Fill it in and press Run.
The answer
From the register, with its date and source.
Nothing run yet. The answer appears here with everything this mini adds:
- All of India in one search, not one court at a time
- Court, case type, status and year on every hit
- Charged when the search completes; a failed search costs nothing
Reading a name search
eCourts is the national system through which Indian courts publish their case records, each case under a 16-character CNR number.
- Coverage
- All India
One search across the courts that list cases in the eCourts registry, not one court at a time.
- Each hit
- Parties first
The petitioner and respondent, the court, the case number with its CNR, the status and the filing date.
- Per name
- First 50
The registry returns the first 50 matches for a name. A common name can have more.
How to check whether a person has a court case
- 1
Type the name as the documents write it
Include the initials. Search again with the other spellings the patta, the deed and the EC use.
- 2
Press Run
The registry is searched and every case listed against the name comes back.
- 3
Rule out namesakes
Use the parties, the court and the year on each row to decide whether it is the same person. Open any CNR in the case by CNR mini.
Four litigation and charge checks
A buyer's search has a person side and a land side. Which check answers what.
| Cases by name | Case by CNR number | Revenue court by survey | CERSAI mortgages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You give | A person's name with initials | The 16-character CNR | The village and survey number | A pin on the land |
| Searches | The eCourts registry, all India | The eCourts registry, one case | The Tamil Nadu revenue court register | The national registry of bank charges |
| Answers | Is this person in litigation | What is the status of this case | Is there a revenue dispute on this land | Has a bank registered a charge on this land |
| Blind spot | Other spellings and namesakes | Only the one number given | Civil suits against people | Charges not registered with it |
When it helps with land
Checking a seller
A suit pending over the property binds whoever buys it while the suit runs (the rule of lis pendens). Search each seller and each co-owner.
A power of attorney holder
Search the person who signs on the seller's behalf too.
A builder or firm
Search the company name and the names of its directors.
A name search cannot prove identity or prove there is no litigation. It finds only the spelling given, and a hit may be a namesake. Verify each hit by its parties, and have a lawyer run a full litigation search on the property before you pay.
Questions people ask
How do I check court cases by name?
Type the person's name with initials, as it appears on the documents, and press Run. The eCourts registry is searched across India and every case listed against the name comes back with its court and status.
No case found. Does that mean no litigation?
No. A name search finds cases filed under the name as spelled. A case filed with other initials, another spelling or the name in another order is not in the answer. Search those too, and do not read an empty answer as a clean record.
The cases are not this person.
Name searches return namesakes. Use the parties, the court and the year to rule them out, and the name match mini to reconcile spellings.
Which courts does it cover?
The courts that list their cases in the national eCourts registry, across India. It is one search, not one court at a time.
Why only 50 cases?
The registry returns the first 50 matches for a name. A common name can have more, so add initials or search the fuller name.
Can I see the full case?
Each hit carries its CNR number where the registry gives one. Look it up in the case by CNR mini for the stage, the next hearing and the judge.
When is it charged?
Each search is a paid registry call, charged when the search completes whether or not cases are found. A failed search is not charged. The price is shown beside the Run button.