Diary & deadlines

Never miss a court date or a legal deadline.

See tomorrow's hearings on your phone tonight. We put court dates, legal deadlines and clashes in one place. We work out each date from the rules and the court calendar.

30 · 14 · 7 · 3 · 1days before a legal deadline, we remind you
2 peoplemust agree to dismiss a legal deadline
39case types across 6 practice areas
Inside the app
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See your whole day on one screen

See every listed matter, how ready you are and which files have no next date.

See today's hearings, court by court

We show everything listed today, court by court, and flag clashes. Each matter shows how many items away the court is. It also shows how ready you are, from the brief sheet. Overdue tasks show as a clear warning, not a hidden count.

Find files with no next date

Most tools lose cases that have no next date. We give them their own count on Today, so you never forget one.

Record what happened in court

Choose the outcome: adjourned, part-heard, arguments heard, order reserved, disposed, not reached or passed over. Add the next date and purpose. Note who caused the adjournment: your side, the other side or the court.

Keep every past outcome

We never change a recorded outcome. We only add to it. If two people record the same hearing, we keep both entries. We show the one with the later device time. The earlier one stays in the history.

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Spot hearing clashes and see dates in your calendar

Catch two hearings at the same time. See your dates in Google, Apple or Outlook.

See your week and month

VakilBox spots clashes across courts. It also checks all the cases that make up one dispute. Give the hearing to someone else, or move it.

Add your dates to your phone's calendar

Add your hearings and deadlines to Google, Apple or Outlook calendar with an iCal link. They show up wherever you check your calendar.

Court holidays already added

We include the Delhi, Maharashtra and national holiday calendars. Your firm's own closures never move a legal deadline. Those dates follow the court calendar only.

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We track every legal deadline for you

We work out limitation dates for you. No single person can dismiss them.

Kept apart from your to-do list

We keep limitation and procedural dates apart from your tasks. VakilBox works them out from the trigger date, the rule and the court's holidays.

Reminders that reach the partners

You get alerts 30, 14, 7, 3 and 1 days before, and on the day itself. From 7 days before, we tell the partners too. If a date is missed, we send an alert every day until someone deals with it.

Two people must agree to dismiss a deadline

No one can snooze or hide a legal deadline. To dismiss one, a second person must approve it. We save every step in the permanent audit log.

Starter rules for the deadlines advocates miss most

Version 0.1 covers the periods advocates miss most. First appeal from a decree: 90 days, not counting certified-copy time. Written statement: 30 days, with a 120-day outer limit in commercial suits. s.138 cheque dishonour complaint: one month. Setting aside a dismissal for default: 30 days. We keep each rule as a numbered version. So adding more rules is a new release, not a change to the software.

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Bring in your cases and check cause-list changes

Add your cases by CNR or spreadsheet. Confirm every change from the court yourself.

Confirm every cause-list change

We list cause-list changes on the Court record screen: item moved, date changed, matter dropped. You confirm each one. Nothing changes your diary on its own.

Add your existing cases

Add cases by CNR, by bar number or from a spreadsheet. Add a pre-filing matter with no CNR too. You can also photograph a diary page and check the rows we read. We create nothing until you press Import.

Choose from 39 ready-made case types

Pick from 39 case types in 6 practice areas. The case type sets the fields, stages, deadline rules, templates and default fees. VakilBox can suggest the type from the acts and sections.

In practice

What this looks like on a real day

Plan tomorrow's hearings tonight

It is 9 pm. You don't know what is listed tomorrow, or which matters aren't ready.

What happensToday shows six matters in four courts, one clash and three matters with overdue work. You give the clash to an associate and the overdue tasks to the clerk. You finish before dinner is over.

Track the written statement deadline

Your client gets the summons on 3 September in a commercial suit.

What happensWe start a 30-day clock and mark the 120-day outer limit. We remind the advocate handling it. From seven days before, we remind the partners too.

The court moves item 23 to 19

The cause list changed overnight.

What happensCourt record shows “Item 23 → 19” for you to confirm. Your board changes only after you confirm.

Take over forty matters at once

A senior hands you a drawer full of files.

What happensPaste the CNRs or import the spreadsheet. Past hearings and legal deadlines come in with them.

These are example stories. The names and matters are made up. The features are real.

By design

Rules the system always follows

No single person can snooze, hide or dismiss a legal deadline.
You see cause-list changes before they change your diary.
Your phone and our server work out the same dates, because both use the same rules.