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Tracking a case in court

Find a matter in the court’s own data, keep it, and let its hearings and orders come to you.

Open this page Reviewed 24 September 2026

Step by step

  1. Choose how you know the case By CNR number, by case type / number / year, by party name, by FIR number, by filing number, or by advocate name. CNR is exact; the rest may return several matters.
  2. Type the captcha It guards the lookup budget — every search costs the platform a real call. It is our captcha, not the court’s.
  3. Read the result before keeping it A search shows what came back: parties, court, case number, stage. Keep the one that is yours.
  4. A single exact result is kept for you A CNR lookup that returns one matter is added straight away, and its next date goes on your calendar.
  5. Refresh instead of searching again A tracked case has a Refresh button. Within the cache window it costs nothing, and it is the right way to check whether a date has moved.
  6. Let it tell you Tracked cases are re-read on a schedule, and you are notified when something changes — a new date, a new order, a change of stage. One message covering everything that moved, not one per case.
  7. Open the orders Orders and judgments the court has published are listed on the case, and open as PDFs through the platform rather than from the court site.

Worth knowing

  • The data is the court’s, relayed as it comes. Where a court’s own record is wrong or behind, this will be too — check the certified copy before you rely on it.
  • LegalNexus is not affiliated with eCourts Services, the eCommittee or any court.
  • A tracked case is not a case file. Attach it to a matter if you want documents, a work log and a client view.

Questions

Why is there a limit?
Each lookup is a paid call to the court data provider. Your first few are free; after that it depends on your plan. See Lookups, limits and cost.
The search found nothing.
Check the year and the case type first — those two are wrong more often than the number. A very recent filing may not be in the published data yet.
Can I track a matter that is not mine?
Court records are public, so yes. What you cannot do is make it appear in somebody else’s portal.
How soon will I hear that a date has moved?
The scheduled re-read runs daily and starts with the cases whose hearing has just passed, because that is when the next date is given out. Mute a case and it is left alone entirely — no notifications, and no lookups spent on it.

Next

Which search to use Six ways in, and which one to reach for when. Lookups, limits and cost What is free, what is counted, and how to check what you have used. Case files: what goes in one Parties, court, stage, hearings, documents and the work log — and what the client sees of it.
All guides Reviewed 24 September 2026