Rajasthan High Court rolls out Uniform Case Registration Number across Jaipur and Jodhpur benches

Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court has introduced a Uniform Case Registration Number (URN) — a standardised, single case numbering system that assigns every case filed at the Principal Seat in Jodhpur or the Jaipur Bench a unique, continuous serial number that is independent of the establishment where it is filed.

The High Court has described the initiative as the first of its kind to be successfully implemented by any High Court with multiple benches, and among those that use the Case Information System (CIS) developed by the eCommittee of the Supreme Court of India.

URN does not replace existing identifiers. It is an additional number that operates alongside the prevalent case registration number and the Case Number Record (CNR). The system has also been technically developed to cover legacy data, with both pending and disposed cases being mapped and additionally assigned a URN so that the entire High Court database is brought under a single unified numbering framework.

Advocates and litigants can locate the URN through the High Court’s online case status system at hcraj.nic.in by entering existing case details such as the old case number, party name, advocate name, or filing year. The URN will also appear in cause lists and in future orders and judgments. The facility will soon be incorporated into a new version of the Rajasthan High Court Official Mobile App. e-Court Services and applications follow a uniform pattern set by the eCommittee for all High Courts and therefore do not display the URN at present.

The syntax of the URN follows the format case_type/case_numberU/case_year — the letter “U” is appended to the case number to distinguish the URN from the existing case registration number. The Court has cited the example of a Civil Writ Petition that carries case registration number 100/2026 and the URN 175U/2026.

According to the High Court, the URN does not alter the substantive filing procedure, since e-filing is developed by the eCommittee and follows a uniform pattern across all High Courts. PDF copies and certified copies of orders and judgments already issued will not be affected by the absence of URN, and previously uploaded secure PDF documents on the server will not display the URN even though it has been allotted to all cases.

The mentioning of URN in filings and applications is not mandatory, the Court has said, but stakeholders may opt to use it in every future filing, application, affidavit, or correspondence, taking care to follow the correct syntax so that the URN is clearly distinguished from the case registration number.

The Court has said the URN system will simplify case identification with a single number across both benches, improve accessibility to case information independent of establishment type, allow better tracking of connected and transferred matters, and enhance citizen-centric services. Cases retain a consistent identity even when transferred between benches, which the High Court said will improve coordination and reduce duplication.

Advocates and litigants have been requested to use the newly introduced facility, and feedback may be shared on the official email.