Kerala High Court case status
Check Kerala High Court case status by case number or by party name. The court sits at Ernakulam in Kochi and hears both Kerala and Lakshadweep from that one seat.
There is no bench to pick, so a search that comes back empty is nearly always the case type or the year rather than the wrong register.
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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 Ernakulam, Kochi, 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 Kerala High Court as Ernakulam High Court, Kochi High Court. They're all the same court, and this page covers every one of them.
Questions
The things people ask us.
Where does the Kerala High Court sit?
At Ernakulam in Kochi. There is no separate Ernakulam High Court; that is the location of the Kerala High Court.
Does the Kerala High Court cover Lakshadweep?
Yes. The union territory of Lakshadweep falls under the Kerala High Court's jurisdiction.
How do I check Kerala High Court case status?
Search by case number with its type and filing year, or by party name with the year.
Elsewhere
Other High Courts.
If this isn't your court
Where to look instead.
Filed somewhere else? Madras High Court and Karnataka High Court sit next door. If you are not sure which High Court a case belongs to, the High Court case status hub 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 court case status for district courts, 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.