While this service has brought a lot of transparency to the justice system and allowed people to access information related to their cases, all these important details related to the case are only available when their data is uploaded by the courts to their respective websites. Even though judges are familiar with the technology, they don`t update the website or app on their own. They transmit the order to their respective stenographers, who in turn transmit it to the data subject for updating the data on the website. It takes a long time in some district courts, Shankar said, adding that while the app and websites have helped users tremendously, there is “room for immense improvement.” CNR stands for Case Number Record. The CNR number is a unique 16-digit number assigned to each court case. The CNR number helps to track or identify the cases, you can find all the information related to the case in the application or the E-Court portal such as the name of the party, the file number, the application number, the name of the lawyer, the FIR number, what is the next date for you, What happened on the last date? Apart from that, you can also check the progress/status of the case. On the other hand, if the court has rendered a judgment in your case. So, from there, you can also get a copy of the verdict. “About 10 years ago you had to rely on the lawyers to get the verdict, with the help of eCourts, it`s very easy to access the court`s decision,” said Jaykar KS, a lawyer at the Kerala High Court. After selecting one of the options and entering the required details, you can get the case details such as case type, application number, filing date, registration number and date, and RSS number. The site also has the status of the case, which includes the date of the first hearing, the date of the decision, the status of the case, the court number and the judge. It shall also include the names of the applicants, the defendant and their respective lawyers, the documents under which the case was filed, the history of the hearing and the final orders or judgments. The digitization process in all courts will help reduce a lot of time and paperwork and speed up the court process, Jaykar says.

“Transferring files from the Supreme Court to the Supreme Court usually takes a long time and it is possible that a case will not arrive on time. Once these are digitized, all data can be transmitted digitally through appropriate channels,” he said. In an effort to digitize the justice system and make it easier for ordinary people, the government has launched an eCourts Services mobile app based on the ecourts.gov.in/ website, which allows any litigant, lawyer, judge or other person to review the current status of a case in district courts or high courts across India. The app has had some success so far, recording more than a million downloads on the Google Play Store, with a score of 4.3 out of 5. When you open the eCourts Services app, you will see a field through which you can “Search CNR”. The CNR number is a unique 16-digit alphanumeric number assigned to each case filed with the high or district courts. While there are some work-related challenges in some courts, the app has brought a lot of relief to litigants as they can access the details of their case directly on their phones. “All of this would be useful if the courts became proactive and orders (on the website and in the app) were updated as soon as they were passed. Updating the order in some district courts is usually delayed by 10 to 15 days, which becomes very difficult,” says Alok Shankar, a lawyer at Advaita Legal. If you don`t have or can`t find the CNR number, relax. A case can also be searched in other options such as file number, party name, application number, FIR number, lawyer name, deed, case type, and reservation. Read also 42 Lakh cases pending before the high courts, Allahabad has the most but how to check the status of a case with the eCourts Services application? Here`s a Primer eCourts app: Search in a case through other options Acid attack “uncivilized and heartless crime,” deserves no mercy: Supreme Court.