Creating a case

1 Open the New Case form

From the Cases page, click New Case in the top-right corner. A full-page form opens.

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The New Case form: the court you pick determines what happens next

2 Choose a court

Select the Court from the Court Jurisdiction dropdown.

The dropdown has two groups:

Integrated courts (NyayX fetches the case record directly from the court before letting you save):

Option	Court
Supreme Court of India	SCI portal
Delhi High Court	DHC records
District Court	eCourts (currently Delhi districts, more coming)
Tribunal (DRT/DRAT/RC)	DRT portal
Consumer Forum (NCDRC/SCDRC/DCDRC)	e-Jagriti portal

If a court’s records are temporarily unreachable, its option shows as disabled with “temporarily unavailable” next to the name.

Custom / manual heads, for arbitration, districts not yet live, or any court not in the integrated list. Choose + Add custom court / head… to type a name inline (e.g. Arbitration or Pune District Court). You can’t reuse the name of an integrated court or a reserved system court name; NyayX tells you the name is reserved if you try. Custom head names are saved to your workspace and automatically assigned a court color.

Caution

For the five integrated courts, Save is disabled until the court lookup succeeds. A case can only be added once its record appears in the court’s system. There is no captcha for you to solve anywhere in this flow. Where a court portal requires one, NyayX’s court-lookup service solves it automatically in the background.

3 Fetch the case from the court (integrated courts)

Each integrated court has its own lookup flow:

Supreme Court of India

• Fill in case type, serial number, and year using the case-number picker. A “Diary” case type is also available for pre-registration diary numbers; diary lookups skip the captcha step and resolve to the real case number once the case is registered.
• Click 🔍 Fetch from Supreme Court. The lookup runs in the background; the form checks back automatically and usually resolves within a few seconds, up to about 30 seconds for a busy portal.
• On success, parties, filing date, next hearing date (if not disposed), CNR, diary number, registration and disposal dates, advocates, IAs, hearings, orders, earlier-court history, office reports, notices, court fees, caveats, and flagged similar cases are all pulled in. You can edit any field before saving. If SCI shows the case as disposed, it’s created with status Closed.
• If nothing matches: “Case not found in Supreme Court records. A case can only be added once it appears in court records.” If the portal itself is unreachable, a dialog explains the records service is down and asks you to try again shortly.

Delhi High Court

• Fill in case type, serial, and year, then click 🔍 Fetch from Delhi High Court.
• Parties, filing date, next hearing date, advocate, and filing details are pre-filled from DHC records in a single request.

District Court

• Pick the State (currently Delhi, with more states coming) and then the District first. The case types on offer depend on which court complex the district sits under.
• Enter the serial number and year, then click 🔍 Search District Court.
• If more than one matching proceeding turns up, a grouped, filterable results list lets you pick the right one; a single match is selected automatically. This step only fetches a preview. The full case record is fetched again when you click Save.

Tribunal (DRT/DRAT/RC)

• Choose the sub-type (DRT, DRAT, or RC), then a Location (currently Delhi, with more coming), then the Case Type, Case No., and Year.
• Click 🔍 Look Up in DRT Records. Parties and the next listing date are pre-filled.

Consumer Forum (NCDRC/SCDRC/DCDRC)

• Enter the full case number exactly as it appears on the e-Jagriti portal, e.g. CC/29/CC/612/2018.
• Click 🔍 Look Up in Consumer Forum Records.
• On success the commission name and registration number are shown. On save, the case auto-imports its full hearing history, parties, and every daily order as a PDF.

See SCI integration for the full list of fields synced from the Supreme Court.

4 Fill in the manual form (custom courts)

When a custom head is selected, no lookup is required. Fill in:

• Case Number: free text, e.g. ARB/12/2024 (optional; NyayX assigns a placeholder if you leave it blank)
• Party A and Party B: both required
• Case Type: optional here, unlike integrated courts where it’s required
• Filing Date and First Hearing Date: the first hearing date is added to your calendar and the NDOH (next date of hearing) tracker automatically

Save becomes active once Party A, Party B, Client Name, Client State, and at least one date (Filing Date or First Hearing Date) are filled in.

5 Complete the remaining fields

For all court types:

• Case Parties: petitioner (Party A) and respondent (Party B), auto-filled for integrated courts
• Case Type: Civil, Criminal, Corporate, Family, Property, Writ, Consumer, Arbitration, etc. Picking Criminal reveals extra fields: FIR Number, Police Station, Sections, and Co-Accused.
• Client Name: start typing to search existing clients (shown with their case counts) or add a new one. Picking an existing client only fills in phone/email if those fields are still blank, so it never overwrites what you’ve already typed.
• Client State: required for all cases

Optional fields: description, cause of action, value of suit, priority.

Tip

As you type the client name or the opposing party’s name, NyayX quietly checks for a possible conflict of interest: whether that same name already sits on the other side of an active case in your workspace. If it finds one, an amber notice appears with a link to the conflicting case and a short reason. This check is advisory only and never blocks saving, but it’s worth confirming with the partner in charge before you accept the brief.

6 Click Save Case

Click Save Case in the sticky bar at the bottom of the page. You are taken to the case detail page.

For Consumer Forum cases, the full hearing history and daily orders are imported automatically after save.

Tip

You can always edit any field later from the case detail Overview tab. Party names on District Court cases synced from Delhi’s district/family courts sometimes come through eCourts anonymised as XXXXXXX. Correct the real name in the Parties tab and it will then appear everywhere (calendar, lists, documents) and is never overwritten by a later sync.