Delhi High Court Case Status
Check Delhi High Court case status by case number or party name. Most people search it as DHC.
It sits at one seat in New Delhi, so there's no bench to pick. Put your details in below to find the case and confirm the parties.
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Before you search
Four things, and all four have to be right.
Get one wrong and you get an empty result, not an error. That's what makes these searches so frustrating.
- Case type. The same number goes out under every type each year. A writ petition and a criminal appeal can both be 1234.
- Case number. The number allotted when the case was registered.
- Year. When it was filed, not the year of your next hearing.
- Bench. there's only one seat, at New Delhi, so there's nothing to pick.
Worth keeping to hand: your CNR, the 16-character code printed on every order and filing receipt. It never changes, so it's the thing to quote when you deal with the registry, and it's what a district court search takes as its key.
Cause list
Where your case falls in the day.
The registry publishes the next day's running order each evening: court number, bench, and where your matter sits in the list. Find your case above, then track it and we'll tell you when it's next listed.
Other names
Same court, different names.
People search the Delhi High Court as DHC, High Court of Delhi. They're all the same court, and this page covers every one of them.
Questions
The things people ask us.
How do I check Delhi High Court case status by case number?
Pick the case type (W.P.(C), CRL.A., CS(OS) and so on), then enter the case number and filing year. The case type is part of the case's identity, not an optional filter.
Where do I find the Delhi High Court cause list?
The DHC list goes out each evening for the next working day, with every matter against its court number and bench. Find your case above, then track it and we'll tell you when it's next listed.
What does DHC stand for?
DHC is the standard abbreviation for the Delhi High Court, widely used in cause lists and case references.
Can I search Delhi High Court by party name?
Yes. Search by petitioner or respondent name with the filing year, which the eCourts record requires alongside the name.
What does DHC mean?
DHC is the standard abbreviation for the Delhi High Court, used in cause lists and case references.
Does the Delhi High Court have benches?
No. It hears the whole of Delhi from a single seat at Sher Shah Road, so there is no bench to choose and one search covers the court.
Can I download a Delhi High Court order here?
Not through this page. A High Court search returns the case identity and its parties, not order PDFs. District court orders do open as PDFs.
Elsewhere
Other High Courts.
If this isn't your court
Where to look instead.
Filed somewhere else? Punjab & Haryana High Court and Allahabad High Court sit next door. If you are not sure which High Court a case belongs to, our High Court case status page for all 25 is the place to start, and the seat is decided by where the case was filed rather than where you live.
A matter below the High Court will not be on this register at all. For those, use district court case status, which also accepts a CNR.
We read the public eCourts record, so this is only as current as the registry has published. If something turns on a deadline or a limitation period, check with the registry or your advocate. Don't rely on us for that. If it's the law itself you need, the bare acts are here in full.