Ecourts Case Scraper

An Apify Actor that automates the extraction of court case details from the eCourts.gov.in portal. It uses Playwright for browser automation and Tesseract.js OCR to handle captchas, returning structured JSON data for each case.

Overview

This scraper navigates the Indian eCourts portal to collect comprehensive case information. You provide an array of Case Number (CNR) strings, and the actor handles login, captcha solving, and data parsing to return a detailed breakdown for each case.

Key Features

• OCR Captcha Solving: Integrates Tesseract.js to automatically read and solve captcha images required for portal access.
• Comprehensive Data Extraction: Scrapes all available case information, including basic details, status, parties, legal acts, FIR details, and full history.
• Robust Error Handling: Implements automatic retry logic for failed captcha attempts to improve reliability.
• Structured Output: Returns well-formatted JSON with consistent data types for easy integration.
• Headless Browser Automation: Uses Playwright with Chromium in headless mode for efficient, server-friendly operation.

How to Use

Configure the actor run with a JSON input object containing the cases you want to scrape.

Input Parameters

Input Example

{
  "caseNos": ["KARC010037582023", "KABC010006152020"],
  "maxCaptchaRetries": 5
}

Input/Output

Output Schema

The actor outputs a JSON object for each case with the following structure:

Output Examples

Basic Details:

"basic_details": {
  "Case Type": "SPL.C - SPECIAL CASES",
  "Filing Number": "849/2023",
  "Filing Date": "05-10-2023",
  "Registration Number": "778/2023",
  "Registration Date:": "06-10-2023"
}

Acts:

"acts": [
  {
    "act": "INDIAN PENAL CODE",
    "section": "467, 468, 471, 420, R/W"
  }
]

Case History Entry:

{
  "business_on_date": "06-10-2023",
  "hearing_date": "18-01-2024",
  "purpose": "APPEARANCE OF ACCUSSED",
  "judge": "ADDL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE"
}