Example research prompts¶

Use Bharat Judgements to show the courts available to me. I am researching
[Delhi High Court]. Find its court code and available benches. Explain which
workflows can search case status, judgments, orders and cause lists. Ask only
for the details needed for my next lookup.

I need to find a case in [Patna, Bihar]. Discover the state, district, court
complex and establishment using the available tools. Show their names alongside
the returned codes, then help me choose the right establishment. Do not guess
numeric codes or select a court solely because its name looks similar.

Use Bharat Judgements to help me find a district-court case in Patna, Bihar.
Party name: Union of India. Registration year: 2024. Status: both pending and
disposed. Show no more than 10 candidates.

1. Discover Bihar with districtcourts_list_states and Patna with
   districtcourts_list_districts. Use the returned codes, not guessed numbers.
2. List the court complexes with districtcourts_list_complexes. Show their names
   and codes. If several could apply, ask me to choose before searching.
3. If the selected complex requires an establishment, list its establishments
   with districtcourts_list_establishments and let me choose. Keep that selection
   attached to all subsequent calls. Explain what an establishment means.
4. Search using districtcourts_case_status_by_party with party_name="Union of
   India", year="2024", status_filter="Both" and limit=10, preserving the chosen
   state, district, complex and establishment.
5. Show case number/type, CNR, petitioner, respondent and returned status in a
   table. State the searched court and year, and whether the list is limited.
   Do not choose a case solely because one party name matches.
6. Let me select a candidate. If it has a CNR, retrieve its fuller live details
   with districtcourts_case_status_by_cnr. Show the reported stage, next hearing,
   hearing history and available orders, marking missing information clearly.
7. If I request the PDFs, get the exact case type/number/year and establishment
   needed for districtcourts_court_orders. Discover the full case-type code with
   districtcourts_list_case_types; retain any compound suffix. Download only the
   orders I select using their returned download IDs, then read the PDF resources
   before summarising them with page references.

Keep errors separate from empty results. Do not switch to a different complex,
year or archive search without explaining the change. End with the lookup date,
source and any unavailable details.

Start a district-court lookup for [DISTRICT], [STATE]. List the matching district
and its court complexes, with names and returned codes. Ask me to select the
complex and any required establishment before looking for a case. Show the
selected location as a short summary I can check.

In the district-court establishment we just selected, search for party
[PARTY NAME] in registration year [YYYY]. Use status_filter="Both" and limit=10.
Return CNR, case number/type, both parties and reported status. Explain any
ambiguous matches and let me select a candidate.

No matching candidate was returned for 2024. Try the same party and exactly the
same establishment for registration year 2023, with limit=10. Label this as a
separate search and keep its results distinct from the 2024 response.

In the selected district-court establishment, list the available case types.
Match my case type [EXACT CASE-TYPE LABEL] to its returned full code. Search for
case number [NUMBER] in registration year [YYYY] using that code. Preserve any
^establishment suffix. Show all returned identifiers so I can confirm the case.

Use districtcourts_case_status_by_cnr to retrieve live details for
[PASTE MY 16-CHARACTER CNR]. Show court, case number, parties, stage, next hearing,
hearing history and order records when returned. Confirm the identifier in the
response. Mark missing fields as unavailable; do not fill them from memory.

For the district case I selected, fetch its published orders using the verified
location and full case-type code, number and registration year. Show order date,
type and PDF availability. Download the latest available order using its returned
download_id, then read its PDF resource. Summarise only what that document says,
with page references. If it cannot be downloaded, report the error and keep the
other order records available for selection.

For our selected district-court establishment, discover the available cause-list
courts using districtcourts_list_cause_list_courts. Let me choose the court, then
fetch its [civil/criminal] cause list for [DD-MM-YYYY]. Pass its returned court_no
and exact display name. Show matches for my selected case's CNR or exact case
number. Include the source date and explain any missing court/time information.

Explain why this district-court lookup did not complete. Preserve the chosen
location, case details and year. If the call succeeded but returned no rows,
show those inputs for checking. If CAPTCHA or network retries were exhausted,
report a failed lookup rather than “case not found”. Suggest one next step and
do not automatically search every establishment or change the year.

Use the live Delhi High Court party-name search for [Tata] in registration year
[2024]. Discover the bench first. Return at most 10 candidates in a table with
case number, case type, CNR, parties and the selected bench. Explain whether the
results were truncated. Let me choose a candidate before downloading documents.

Open the live case details for CNR [PASTE_THE_SELECTED_16_CHARACTER_CNR]. Use the
High Court or district case-status tool appropriate to this CNR. Show the portal's
returned status, next hearing date and available orders. Mark missing fields as
unavailable. Do not substitute an archive judgment for live case status.

Retrieve the available orders for that exact case. List their dates and document
availability. Download the two most recent available PDFs using the returned
download IDs and read their MCP resources. Summarise the operative directions
with page references and identify any unreadable pages or failed downloads.

Get the published [civil] cause list for [Delhi High Court], bench [BENCH NAME],
on [DD-MM-YYYY]. Discover the bench code first. List the returned source PDFs and
their published bench/date labels. Read any available list needed to find case
[CNR OR EXACT CASE NUMBER]. Report whether a match was actually found; do not
infer a hearing from the case's presence in another day's list.

Find my published cause-list entries for [COURT AND BENCH] on [DD-MM-YYYY] using
bar registration [MY BAR CODE]. Return case number, CNR, parties and any published
court/time details. Combine duplicate CNR rows for presentation, keeping all
party information. Clearly state when the portal does not publish a time or serial
number. Do not invent a daily schedule.

Search [HIGH COURT], bench [BENCH], for advocate bar registration [MY BAR CODE].
Show which advocate the portal matched, then up to 10 returned cases with CNR,
parties and status. If the portal matched somebody else, stop and explain the
mismatch. Use the registration code alone rather than combining it with a name.

Fetch the 5 most recent judgments available in the Supreme Court homepage feed.
Show title, decision date, judges when available, and source. Download the first
2 available PDFs and read their resources before summarising their issues and
operative conclusions. Explain that this feed is a limited published list.

Use the archive to find Supreme Court judgments with judge [Chandrachud] in the
inclusive years [2018–2024]. Return at most 10 records with title, date, citation
and source. Download only the 2 records I select. Explain the archive's freshness
and that metadata matching does not prove a term occurs in the judgment body.

Find Supreme Court archive records whose citation contains [CITATION]. Explicitly
select the Supreme Court archive. Show the exact returned citation and case title
so I can check the match. If nothing matches, report that result without guessing
an equivalent citation.

Count available archive records for [Delhi High Court] in [2020] and for [2021]
using separate count calls. Show each year and its reported count. Describe these
as archive coverage counts, not all cases filed or the court's disposal rate.

Use judgments_search to search live High Court judgments for [right to privacy],
with page_size 10 and limit 10. Show the portal's reported total and the records
actually returned. Explain the search option used. Keep returned download IDs
available for the PDFs I select.

Repeat that same live search for page 2 with page_size 10 and limit 10. Preserve
the original query and court type. Identify any repeated records and report
whether the session had to be refreshed.

Compare the two PDFs we just retrieved. Give a table of case/date, material facts,
issues, holding, operative relief and relevant page references. Separate direct
statements by each court from your synthesis. Explain any difference in factual
context. Do not claim that one decision overrules the other without support in
the documents. Identify missing or unreadable passages before comparing them.

Explain this downloaded judgment in plain English for a non-lawyer. Start with
what the court decided, then the facts, issues and reasons. Cite PDF pages for
key points. Keep legal terms and explain each briefly. Do not infer a filing
strategy or deadline from this document alone.

Download the PDF for [SELECTED RETURNED RECORD] using its opaque download ID.
Read the returned PDF resource and report the document size and source. If file
export is configured, also save it as [matter/order-2024-05-10.pdf] in the configured
output directory. Report the actual exported path. If the file already exists,
ask for another filename instead of overwriting it.

The last lookup failed. Explain the reported error in plain English and preserve
my query and filters. Identify whether it is a CAPTCHA, certificate, expired ID,
unavailable PDF or invalid input problem. Suggest one appropriate next step.
Do not repeatedly retry after the tool's retry budget is exhausted.

My PDF download ID has expired. Repeat the exact original search, match the case
identifier and order date, and obtain a fresh ID before downloading. If the record
cannot be found again, report that instead of choosing a different case.

The tool rejected my filters. Show which combination it cannot support. Suggest
separate supported live and archive searches, explain their scope, and let me
choose before changing my request.

Use a concise table. Include court/bench, case identifier, date, source and missing
fields. Finish with the exact query, lookup date and whether the result set is
limited. Distinguish “no results returned” from “the lookup failed”.

Write your explanation in [Hindi / Bengali / English] while preserving case names,
CNRs, citations and document dates exactly as returned. Quote original legal terms
where translation could change their meaning.