West Bengal search
District Court Cases by Party Name (eCourts) LIVE
Pending and disposed cases naming a person in every court complex of a West Bengal district, read from the district court’s own site year by year.
What you get
Each case with its court, number, parties and CNR, and where the site shows them its status, nature of disposal, hearings and orders, plus a PDF.
Request parameters
These are the keys of params in the request body. A value shown as from lookup is a code you get by searching for the item by name first, not text you type.
| Name | Type | Required | Example | Comes from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
party_name | string | Required | Ratan Kumar Saha | field "party_name" |
district | string | Required | from lookup “district” | west_bengal_court_district lookup, option meta “value” |
from_year | string | Optional | 2024 | field "from_year" |
to_year | string | Optional | 2024 | field "to_year" |
Field details
| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
party_nameParty Name | text | Petitioner or respondent, at least 3 letters. Max 100 characters. |
districtDistrict Court | lookup | Kolkata has three: City Civil Court, City Sessions Court and Presidency Small Causes Court. |
from_yearFrom Year | year | |
to_yearTo Year | year |
Resolve names to codes
Search for each item by name, take the code from the match and pass it in params. A lookup needs a query of at least 2 characters and returns at most 10 matches (details).
| Field | Lookup | Needs first | Example call |
|---|---|---|---|
district | west_bengal_court_district | - | GET /api/v1/search/lookups?state=west_bengal&dim=west_bengal_court_district&q=<name> |
Example request
Replace each <...> with the value from its lookup match, and the sample values with your own.
curl -X POST "https://legiscore.in/api/v1/search" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer lsk_your_api_key" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: los-case-8841" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"state": "west_bengal",
"search_type": "court_cases",
"params": {
"party_name": "Ratan Kumar Saha",
"district": "<district.value>",
"from_year": "2024",
"to_year": "2024"
},
"label": "District Court Cases by Party Name (eCourts) - case 8841"
}'import requests
resp = requests.post(
"https://legiscore.in/api/v1/search",
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer lsk_your_api_key", "Idempotency-Key": "los-case-8841"},
json={
"state": "west_bengal",
"search_type": "court_cases",
"params": {
"party_name": "Ratan Kumar Saha",
"district": "<district.value>",
"from_year": "2024",
"to_year": "2024"
},
"label": "District Court Cases by Party Name (eCourts) - case 8841"
},
)
resp.raise_for_status()
print(resp.json())const resp = await fetch("https://legiscore.in/api/v1/search", {
method: "POST",
headers: { Authorization: "Bearer lsk_your_api_key", "Idempotency-Key": "los-case-8841", "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({
"state": "west_bengal",
"search_type": "court_cases",
"params": {
"party_name": "Ratan Kumar Saha",
"district": "<district.value>",
"from_year": "2024",
"to_year": "2024"
},
"label": "District Court Cases by Party Name (eCourts) - case 8841"
}),
});
if (!resp.ok) throw new Error(await resp.text());
console.log(await resp.json());Sample responses
202 Accepted, at submit
{
"data": {
"searches": [
{
"id": "SRCH-2026-A1B2C3D4",
"state": "west_bengal",
"search_type": "court_cases",
"label": "District Court Cases by Party Name (eCourts) - case 8841",
"status": "queued",
"progress": 0,
"note": null,
"found": null,
"records": null,
"record_count": null,
"documents": [],
"error": null,
"refunded": false,
"replayed": false,
"batch_id": null,
"recovery_of": null,
"source": "api",
"created_at": "2026-10-05T10:00:00Z",
"completed_at": null
}
],
"rejected": [],
"replayed": {
"free": 0,
"billed": 0,
"idempotent": 0
},
"batch_id": null
}
}200 OK, GET /api/v1/search/{id} once finished
{
"data": {
"id": "SRCH-2026-A1B2C3D4",
"state": "west_bengal",
"search_type": "court_cases",
"label": "District Court Cases by Party Name (eCourts) - case 8841",
"status": "succeeded",
"progress": 100,
"note": null,
"found": true,
"records": [
{
"...": "one object per row the source returned; shape varies by search"
}
],
"record_count": 1,
"documents": [
{
"filename": "result.pdf",
"content_type": "application/pdf",
"bytes": 184233,
"withheld": false
}
],
"error": null,
"refunded": false,
"replayed": false,
"batch_id": null,
"recovery_of": null,
"source": "api",
"created_at": "2026-10-05T10:00:00Z",
"completed_at": "2026-10-05T10:03:12Z"
}
}records holds one object per row the source returned. Its shape is specific to this search. Documents are fetched with GET /api/v1/search/{id}/documents/{filename}.