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Court record verification

Search the courts that cover where a candidate has actually lived, and report only what survives an identity match.

Address history received
Report ready

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Jurisdictions mapped Complete
District and sessions courts Searched
High Court Searched
Identity match on hits Cleared
Case GVS-251024 of 4 complete
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Court record check, India
Priya Raghavan

Searched on name, father's name
and verified address history

Jurisdictions
3 districts, 2 states
Period searched
7 years
Records on identifiers
None
Evidence
Search results annexed
Specimen record. No real candidate data.
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What a court record check confirms

A court record check asks the courts rather than the candidate. It searches criminal records at the jurisdictions tied to the candidate's address history and reports what is on file: a pending matter, a past conviction, or nothing. India has no single criminal database open to employers, so the check is only as good as the jurisdictions it covers. That is why it starts from a verified address history and not a declared one.

Criminal matters on record

Pending cases and past convictions at the courts covering the addresses the candidate has lived at.

Jurisdictions searched

Which courts were searched and why, driven by the address history rather than by one city.

Identity match on every hit

A name match is not a finding. Hits are tested against father's name, date of birth and address before anything is reported.

Period covered

How far back the search ran at each court, stated on the report rather than assumed.

Case status and stage

Whether a matter is pending, disposed, acquitted or convicted, with the case number as filed.

The source record

The court record or registry result the finding came from, annexed to the case.

Sources. District and sessions court registries, High Court records and the public case portals, searched at the jurisdictions the address history points to. Where a court's records are not digitised the search is run at the registry itself. Police verification is a separate check, run through the local police station or a state portal on its own timeline.

Where the search runs

India keeps its criminal record by jurisdiction, not in one national index. A search is defined by where it was run, so a report that does not say where it looked is not telling you much.

District and sessions courts

The criminal trial courts. Most matters that concern an employer begin and end here, which is why the search is run per district rather than per state.

High Courts

Appeals and writs, and original jurisdiction in some states. A matter can sit here without appearing in a district search.

Supreme Court of India

Appeals of last resort. Rare in a hiring context, and reported when it appears.

Tribunals and special courts

Matters heard outside the ordinary criminal courts, including designated economic offence courts, where the role makes them relevant.

How it works

Five steps, because the answer depends entirely on searching the right places.

Consent and address history collected

The candidate consents and gives the addresses to be searched. Where an address check has already run, its verified addresses are used instead of the declared ones.

Jurisdictions mapped

Each address is mapped to the district and sessions court that covers it, and to the High Court above it.

Records searched

The search is run at each jurisdiction on name, father's name and address, at the registry where the records are not online.

Hits tested on identifiers

Every potential match is checked against the candidate's identifiers. Common names return matches that are not the candidate, and those are closed rather than passed on to you.

Report published

A clear result, or the matter with its case number, stage and source record attached.

Checks that run alongside it

Questions we get asked

Is there a national criminal database you can search?
Not one that is open to employers. Police databases are not available to private companies, so a court record check is run court by court at the jurisdictions the candidate's address history points to. A vendor offering a single national criminal search in India is describing something else.
How many addresses do you search?
As many as the address history covers, within the period you ask for. A candidate who has lived in three districts needs three searches. Running one search on the current address and calling it a criminal check is the most common way this check is sold short.
What happens on a common name?
It is tested before it is reported. A hit is matched against father's name, date of birth and address, and closed as not the candidate where it does not hold. You get the finding, not the coincidence.
Do you report civil cases?
On request. The default search is criminal, because that is what most roles turn on. Civil matters and cheque dishonour cases are run as an addition where the role justifies it.
What if the court's records are not online?
The search is run at the registry. Online coverage is uneven and older records in particular are often not digitised, so a portal-only search misses them without saying so.
Can a candidate dispute what comes back?
Yes. An adverse finding goes to the candidate with the source record, and they can respond before you act on it. The dispute route is set out on our candidates page.

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