Rohini Court Complex: Case Status, Certified Copies and Filing

Both districts have the full range of district-level courts in the complex. In broad terms you will find:

• Civil Judges and Additional District Judges hearing civil suits up to the district courts' pecuniary limit (Rs 2 crore at the time of writing), including possession, injunction, partition and recovery suits.
• District Judges (Commercial Court) for commercial disputes of a specified value of Rs 3 lakh and above.
• Judicial Magistrates hearing police cases, private complaints and cheque bounce complaints, and Sessions Courts trying the more serious offences.
• Special Courts, including courts designated under the NDPS Act and the POCSO Act.
• Family Courts for each district, and the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal.

Postings of individual judges change with transfer orders, so the court number on your last order is more reliable than any list you find online. If your matter is criminal and listed before a Magistrate or Sessions Court here, our page on criminal practice at Rohini Court explains how those matters run; for suits about land and buildings, see property litigation at Rohini Court.

A certified copy is the copy of an order, judgment, deposition or document that a court, a bank, a registrar or another court will accept as proof. You need it to file an appeal or revision, to execute a decree, or to show a bail order to a jail or a police station.

Applying in person

Applications are made to the copying agency of the district concerned, with the case details, the document wanted and the copying fee. The application counter and the delivery counter at Rohini have been moved more than once in recent years, and the current locations and timings are announced in notices on the district courts' website and on the notice boards in the complex. Keep the receipt: it is your proof of the date you applied, which matters for limitation when you file an appeal.

Applying online

The Delhi High Court's e-True Copy Rules, 2024, in force from 22 April 2024, also cover the district courts under its supervision. Where a record has been digitised, you can apply through the court's web portal or app and receive an electronically authenticated copy. If the record is not yet digitised, the request is treated as one for a physical certified copy and the physical copying fee is payable.

One rule people miss: an attested copy that is not collected within 120 days of being prepared may be destroyed and the fee forfeited. Collect copies promptly, especially when an appeal period is running.

Delhi's district courts can hear matters by video conference under the video-conferencing rules framed by the Delhi High Court in 2021. Whether a particular hearing can be joined by video is for the court: many courts allow it for routine dates or for a party who is unwell or outside Delhi, while evidence and arguments are often taken in person.

To join, a request is usually made in advance, the court shares the link or meeting details, and the party must be visible, identifiable and in a quiet place. An accused person on bail should not assume that video appearance is enough unless the court has said so, because non-appearance can lead to warrants.