Patna High Court Case Status
Check Patna High Court case status by case number or party name. It's the High Court for Bihar and sits at one seat, so there's no bench to pick.
Put your details in below and we'll find the case and confirm the parties, straight off the eCourts record.
Check a case
One free check, then sign in. We clear the CAPTCHA for you either way.
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 Patna, 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 Patna High Court as Patna HC, Bihar High Court. They're all the same court, and this page covers every one of them.
Questions
The things people ask us.
How do I check Patna High Court case status by case number?
Choose the case type (CWJC, MJC, Cr. Misc. and so on), enter the case number and the filing year. The case type is essential, because the same number is reused across types every year.
What is a token number at Patna High Court?
A token number is issued at filing, before the case is registered and given a case number. If your matter is very recently filed it may be all you have, but the search above needs the registered case number, so wait until registration comes through.
Can I search Patna High Court by petitioner name?
Yes. Search by petitioner or respondent name together with the filing year. The year is mandatory on the eCourts record and a name on its own returns nothing.
Where is the Patna High Court cause list published?
The registry publishes it each evening for the next working day, listing every matter against its court and bench. Find your case above, then track it and we'll tell you when it's next listed.
Is there a Bihar High Court?
Not by that name. The court serving Bihar is the Patna High Court, which sits at Patna and hears the whole state from one seat.
Does the Patna High Court still hear Jharkhand matters?
On this register. Jharkhand was part of Bihar until November 2000, so matters filed before the separation stayed with the Patna High Court rather than moving to the Jharkhand High Court.
What is a CWJC number at the Patna High Court?
CWJC stands for Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case, one of the commonest case types at this court. It is the case type you enter alongside the number and the year.
Elsewhere
Other High Courts.
If this isn't your court
Where to look instead.
Filed somewhere else? Jharkhand High Court and Calcutta High Court sit next door. If you are not sure which High Court a case belongs to, High Court case status for every bench 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 the district court case status search, 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.