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Court order and judgment API: certified PDFs, markdown text and AI summaries

A court order API fetches the order or judgment document for a case, with the text extracted so it can be searched, summarised or filed, for law firms, lenders and AI products.

Reviewed 13 Nov 20265 providers comparedAlso searched as: court order download api, judgment download api india, court order api, judgment api india

Short answer

eCourtsIndia serves orders and judgments three ways: a certified true copy PDF (INR 3.75), extracted text with an AI summary, outcome and provisions cited (INR 7.50), and markdown text with the PDF (INR 5.25), all per call on pay as you go with INR 200 free credit. Kanoon.dev, Indian Kanoon and Vakeel360 also provide orders.

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Which API does a Court order and judgment download check?

eCourtsIndia Order APIs: 3 endpoints, INR 3.75 per PDF, INR 5.25 per markdown and PDF, INR 7.50 per AI summary on pay as you go; INR 200 free credit.

The API for this

JurisGrid score 92 out of 100

eCourtsIndia Order APIs

JurisGrid score 92 of 100. ₹3.75 per PDF, ₹5.25 per markdown and PDF, ₹7.50 per AI summary on pay as you go; ₹200 free credit.

Endpoint: GET https://webapi.ecourtsindia.com/api/partner/case/{cnr}/order/{filename}Order as a watermarked, signed certified true copy PDF, INR 3.75
Endpoint: GET https://webapi.ecourtsindia.com/api/partner/case/{cnr}/order-ai/{filename}Extracted text plus AI analysis, INR 7.50
Endpoint: GET https://webapi.ecourtsindia.com/api/partner/case/{cnr}/order-md/{filename}Markdown text plus the PDF, INR 5.25
MCP URL: https://mcp.ecourtsindia.com/mcp

Get API key Docs MCP setup

shell

curl -s "https://webapi.ecourtsindia.com/api/partner/case/DLHC010001232024/order-ai/order-1.pdf" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ECOURTSINDIA_API_KEY"

What does it return?

5 fields, as documented by the provider.

Extracted order text
AI analysis: summary, key points, outcome and relief granted
Legal provisions cited in the order
Case identifiers, court, bench and judge names, and order date
Parties and their counsel as read from the order

Who else sells a Court order and judgment download API in India?

5 providers compared on what they sell for this check, access and published price.

Provider	What they sell for this	Score	API	MCP	Price	Source
eCourtsIndia	eCourtsIndia Order APIs	92	Public REST API	Public MCP server	₹3.75 per PDF, ₹5.25 per markdown and PDF, ₹7.50 per AI summary on pay as you go; ₹200 free credit	Source
IndianKanoon	Search and document retrieval API over court judgments	55	Public REST API	Not published	₹0.50 per search, ₹0.20 per document	Sourceopens the source page
kanoon.dev	Search, document metadata and page text for Indian court orders in a limited pilot	53	Public REST API	Not published	Free pilot	Sourceopens the source page
Surepass	CNR search API returning interim orders and final orders and judgments	36	Public REST API	Not published	Not published	Sourceopens the source page
Vakeel360	Order search for recent High Court orders by case number or advocate	27	Public REST API	Not published	Fixed monthly plans, quote on request	Sourceopens the source page

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"Not published" means the provider does not state this on a public page. It is not a judgement on the product.

When is it the right choice?

Law firms that need a certified copy attached to a filing

Good for

Law firms that need a certified copy attached to a filing
Lenders and insurers reading the outcome of a dispute
Legal AI products that need clean order text
Research teams summarising orders at scale

Limits

You first call Case Detail to get the order file name from judgmentOrders or interimOrders
The AI summary is generated on first access and can take 10 to 60 seconds; markdown conversion can take longer
AI analysis is machine generated, so read the order before relying on it

Frequently asked questions

How do I download a court order through an API?

Call Case Detail for the CNR, read orderUrl from judgmentOrders or interimOrders, then call the order endpoint with that file name. You get a certified true copy PDF by default, or the raw court PDF with signed=false.

How much does an order download cost?

INR 3.75 for the PDF, INR 5.25 for markdown plus PDF and INR 7.50 for the AI summary on pay as you go. Enterprise plans bill at a third of that. Full order text is also in Case Detail under files, markdownContent.

Does it summarise orders?

Yes. The order-ai endpoint returns an AI summary, key points, outcome, relief granted and the provisions cited, generated on first access and cached afterwards.

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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