District Court Coverage: 8,151 Establishments Across 704 Districts (2026)
A named, checkable count of the district and subordinate courts Claw tracks in India: how many, how they are structured, and what is and is not included.
Coverage Audit · District Courts
Most case-tracking tools claim to cover "all courts" without saying exactly how many, or letting anyone check. That is not good enough when a missed court means a missed hearing. So here is the exact, named count: Claw’s district and subordinate court layer tracks 8,151 court establishments, across 704 districts and 3,485 court complexes, spanning 35 States and Union Territories (figures last verified 17 September 2026). This page explains how that number is built, how the district-court structure works, and where the honest limits are.
- Establishments tracked: 8,151, across 704 districts and 3,485 court complexes, in 35 States and Union Territories (last verified 17 September 2026).
- Structure: State/UT, then district, then court complex, then individual court establishment, the same hierarchy eCourts uses.
- Search at this level: party-name search within a district, or a direct CNR number lookup.
- Primary source: the official eCourts Services portal; Claw is a tracking and automation layer on top of it, not a replacement.
- Full list: available as a downloadable CSV for bulk checking.
01The coverage number, named and checkable
As of the last verification on 17 September 2026, Claw’s district and subordinate court layer covers 8,151 court establishments, organised under 3,485 court complexes, across 704 districts, in 35 States and Union Territories.
These four numbers are deliberately specific and named, rather than rounded to "all courts" or "every district", so they can be checked against the underlying eCourts data structure rather than taken on faith. This layer sits underneath Claw’s wider case-tracking coverage of 9,102 courts overall, which also includes tribunals, High Courts, and the Supreme Court; this page is only about the district and subordinate layer.
A downloadable list, not just a headline number
The full establishment-level list behind this count is available as a downloadable CSV, so a firm or in-house team can check their own set of courts against it in bulk, rather than searching one district at a time.
02How India’s district courts are structured
To make sense of "8,151 establishments", it helps to know how the district court system is actually organised. It runs in four layers, from the top down: State or Union Territory, then district, then court complex, then court establishment.
State or Union Territory
Each of the 35 States and Union Territories in this count runs its own district judiciary, administered through its High Court.
District
Each state is divided into judicial districts, 704 of them in total in this count. A judicial district does not always match a revenue or administrative district exactly, and some districts are further split for court purposes, which is part of why the district count and the complex count are not the same number.
Court complex
Within a district, cases are heard at one or more court complexes, 3,485 in total. A large district, especially one covering a big city, commonly runs several court complexes: a main district and sessions complex plus one or more additional complexes for specific case types, such as a separate complex for family, consumer, or metropolitan magistrate matters. A smaller or largely rural district may run from a single complex.
Court establishment
Inside a court complex, each individual court or bench, a specific judge’s courtroom, for instance, is a separate court establishment. This is the level eCourts assigns an establishment code to, and it is the level at which case status and cause lists are actually generated. 8,151 is the count of these individual establishments across the whole structure.
To make this concrete without inventing a number: a large state with many big cities, such as Uttar Pradesh or Maharashtra, will structurally carry a noticeably higher share of both districts and establishments than a small state or Union Territory, simply because it has more districts and more, larger court complexes within them. This page does not publish a per-state or per-district establishment count, because that figure is not confirmed at that level of detail; only the national aggregate is stated here.
An honest coverage number names how many courts it covers, and lets you check it. "All courts" is not a number.
03eCourts is the source; Claw is the layer on top
None of this replaces the eCourts Services portal, at services.ecourts.gov.in, which remains the official, government-run source of district and subordinate court data in India, free to use for a single case at a time. Claw’s district-court layer is built on top of that same underlying public data structure, not as a competing "how to search a case" portal.
What the eCourts portal does not do on its own is let a firm or team monitor many matters, across many districts, without checking each one by hand. That is the job this coverage layer is built for: knowing, in named and checkable terms, which 8,151 establishments across 704 districts are being tracked automatically, so hearing dates, orders, and status changes surface without someone going to look for them district by district.
For a full walkthrough of how case search actually works at the district level, including CNR numbers and party-name search on the official portal, see our district court search guide. For the wider list of every court layer Claw tracks, including tribunals, High Courts, and the Supreme Court, see the full Claw court coverage directory.
04What you can search at the district level
At the district level, both the official eCourts portal and Claw’s tracking layer support party-name search, meaning you can look up matters by the name of a person or entity within a given district, rather than needing a case number in hand.
Party-name search at this level runs district by district, since that is how the underlying court data is organised, which is exactly why a named, structured coverage count matters: it tells you how many districts a name-based search can actually reach. When you already have a case number, the fastest and most reliable lookup path is the CNR number, a unique 16-character code assigned to every district court case. See how to find a case by CNR number for that method step by step.
Some specialised bodies, such as consumer commissions and RERA authorities, sit alongside the ordinary district court structure rather than inside it, and are covered separately. See our consumer and RERA coverage page for that layer.
05Methodology and limits
How the count is built: the 8,151 establishment, 704 district, 3,485 court complex, and 35 State/UT figures are compiled from the eCourts-derived district court hierarchy, the same State, then district, then court complex, then establishment structure described above, and were last verified on 17 September 2026.
What this count does and does not mean: it states how many named court establishments sit within the tracked structure. It is not a claim that every establishment updates at the same speed, or that every matter filed at every establishment is equally current online. As with the official eCourts data it is built on, digitisation and how quickly an individual court uploads status and orders still varies by state and by court, and older matters filed before a court went digital may be incomplete or missing from the online record.
Why these numbers can move: district and court-complex structures are not permanently fixed. States occasionally create new districts or reorganise court complexes, so the aggregate counts are refreshed periodically rather than being a one-time figure. Always check the "last verified" date against the current page before relying on the number for anything time-sensitive.
What is out of scope here: this page covers the district and subordinate court layer only. It does not include the separate High Court, Supreme Court, or tribunal counts, which are reported on the wider court coverage directory linked above.
06Verification table
| Metric | Figure | Structural level | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Court establishments tracked | 8,151 | Individual court/bench within a complex | Claw, eCourts-derived | 17 September 2026 |
| Districts covered | 704 | Judicial district within a State/UT | Claw, eCourts-derived | 17 September 2026 |
| Court complexes covered | 3,485 | Physical court complex within a district | Claw, eCourts-derived | 17 September 2026 |
| States and Union Territories | 35 | Top administrative level | Claw, eCourts-derived | 17 September 2026 |
| Official primary source | services.ecourts.gov.in | All levels | e-Committee, Supreme Court of India | Ongoing, government-maintained |
Use this table as the checkable reference for this page. If you need the establishment-level detail behind any row, that is what the downloadable CSV is for.
07Where Claw fits
Claw is an all-in-one legaltech platform for Indian advocates, law firms, and corporate legal teams, combining AI-based case search, an AI legal assistant (Legal GPT), case management, and compliance automation across all Indian courts and tribunals.
For district and subordinate courts specifically, Claw’s role is to make the eCourts data structure usable at scale: 8,151 named establishments across 704 districts and 3,485 court complexes, tracked automatically, with case updates, a shared calendar, cause lists, and WhatsApp and email alerts, plus AI auto-compliance that reads an uploaded court order and schedules the next reminder. That sits within Claw’s wider case management coverage of 9,102 courts across all states, tribunals, district courts, and the Supreme Court. For tools built specifically to compare on this job, see the best district court case tracking software in India.
08Sources and further reading
The primary sources behind this page:
- eCourts Services (official district court case status portal): services.ecourts.gov.in
- eCourts (official, main site): ecourts.gov.in
- National Judicial Data Grid (official): njdg.ecourts.gov.in
- Claw: clawlaw.in
Coverage figures on this page are Claw’s own, eCourts-derived counts, last verified 17 September 2026, and should be read alongside the methodology and limits above.
09Frequently asked questions
How many district courts does Claw cover?
Claw tracks 8,151 court establishments across 704 districts and 3,485 court complexes, spanning 35 States and Union Territories, as of the last verification on 17 September 2026. This is the district and subordinate court layer, in addition to Claw’s wider tracking of tribunals, High Courts, and the Supreme Court.
Can I search taluka or subordinate courts through Claw?
Yes. The 8,151 establishments and 3,485 court complexes in this count include taluka and other subordinate courts, not only the main district and sessions complex. They follow the same State, district, complex, establishment structure as the rest of the district judiciary.
Is my district covered?
Almost certainly, since the count spans 704 districts across 35 States and Union Territories, which is the large majority of India’s judicial districts. For a specific court or establishment, the downloadable CSV lets you check directly, and the official eCourts portal at services.ecourts.gov.in remains the primary source to confirm any single court.
Can I search district court cases by party name?
Yes. Party-name search at the district level is available both on the official eCourts portal and through Claw’s tracking layer, run within a selected district. When you already have a case number, a CNR lookup is faster and more exact than a name search; see our guide to finding a case by CNR number.
Does this count include High Courts, the Supreme Court, or tribunals?
No. This page reports the district and subordinate court layer only: 8,151 establishments, 704 districts, and 3,485 court complexes. Claw’s High Court, Supreme Court, and tribunal coverage is reported separately on the full court coverage directory.
Why does the coverage number carry a "last verified" date?
Because district and court-complex structures in India are not permanently fixed; states occasionally create new districts or reorganise court complexes, so the aggregate figures are refreshed periodically rather than fixed once. The date on this page, 17 September 2026, tells you how current the number is.