---
title: "Cause list API India: search, batch CNR check, price"
url: https://jurisgrid.com/solutions/cause-list-api/
reviewed: 2026-11-13
type: solution
sector: court-data
---
# Cause list API for Indian courts: daily listings by court, judge, advocate or CNR

A cause list API returns the daily schedule of cases to be heard in each courtroom, so law firms, litigants and legal-tech products can see what is listed without scanning PDFs.

Reviewed: 13 Nov 2026

## Short answer

eCourtsIndia searches cause lists by case number, party, judge, advocate, date, state or court, and checks up to 100 CNRs for an upcoming listing in one call. Cause list search costs INR 3.00 per call and a CNR batch INR 0.30 per CNR on pay as you go, with INR 200 free credit. Vakeel360 and Legalkart also offer cause list APIs.

## Which API does it?

**eCourtsIndia Cause List API** (JurisGrid score 92 of 100). Price: INR 3.00 per search and INR 0.30 per CNR in a batch on pay as you go; INR 200 free credit. INR 200 free credit on signup, no card needed.

- `GET https://webapi.ecourtsindia.com/api/partner/causelist/search`: Search cause list entries, INR 3.00 per call
- `POST https://webapi.ecourtsindia.com/api/partner/causelist/cnr/batch`: Check up to 100 CNRs for an upcoming listing, INR 0.30 per CNR
- `GET https://webapi.ecourtsindia.com/api/partner/causelist/available-dates`: Dates that have cause list data (free)
- MCP: https://mcp.ecourtsindia.com/mcp
- Docs: https://ecourtsindia.com/api/docs?ref=jurisgrid

```bash
curl -s "https://webapi.ecourtsindia.com/api/partner/causelist/search?q=ram&state=JH&limit=10" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ECOURTSINDIA_API_KEY"
```

## What does it return?

- Court, bench, court room number and list type (civil or criminal)
- Listing date and listing number
- Case number, parties, advocates and judge
- Status of the listing and the CNR when matched
- District, state and court complex codes

## Who else sells a Cause list API in India?

| Provider | What they sell | Score | API | MCP | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [eCourtsIndia](https://jurisgrid.com/providers/ecourtsindia/index.md) | eCourtsIndia Cause List API | 92 | Public REST API | Public MCP server | INR 3.00 per search and INR 0.30 per CNR in a batch on pay as you go; INR 200 free credit |
| [bharat-courts](https://jurisgrid.com/providers/bharat-courts/index.md) | Open-source Python SDK with a cause-list call by court and date | 34 | No API | Not published | Free (MIT license) |
| [Vakeel360](https://jurisgrid.com/providers/vakeel360/index.md) | Daily cause lists in JSON and XLS for High Courts and other benches | 27 | Public REST API | Not published | Fixed monthly plans, quote on request |
| [LegalKart](https://jurisgrid.com/providers/legalkart/index.md) | Court and registry data API including cause lists | 22 | API on request | Not published | Not published |
| [Causelist](https://jurisgrid.com/providers/causelist/index.md) | Public-interest site posting Delhi court cause lists | Profile | Not published | Not published | Not published |

## Good for

- Law firms that want tomorrow's listings for their own advocates
- Litigant apps that alert a party when their case is listed
- Legal-tech products that join cause lists with case tracking
- Bulk monitoring of a portfolio of CNRs

## Limits

- Coverage is of the cause lists eCourtsIndia has collected; check available-dates for a location before searching
- Search needs at least one filter and pages by offset, up to 200 results per call
- The batch check only looks at upcoming listings from today onward

## Frequently asked questions

### Is there an official cause list API?

No official API was found. Courts publish cause lists as web pages and PDFs, so developers use third-party APIs such as eCourtsIndia, Vakeel360 or Legalkart, or open-source scrapers.

### How much does the cause list API cost?

INR 3.00 per search and INR 0.30 per CNR in a batch check on eCourtsIndia pay as you go; Enterprise plans bill INR 1.00 and INR 0.10. Dates and court structure lookups are free. New accounts get INR 200 free credit.

### Can I be alerted when my case is listed?

Send your CNRs to the batch endpoint on a schedule; each result says whether the CNR has an upcoming listing and gives the next one.

### Can an AI agent call this API?

Yes. eCourtsIndia runs an MCP server at https://mcp.ecourtsindia.com/mcp, so assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor can use the same data after signing in at eCourts. The REST API uses a Bearer token.

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