Automate Indian Court Judgements

Project Description
We are looking for an experienced developer to build an automation system that collects Indian court judgements and stores them in a single centralized database.

This is an MVP project with a strict 7-day delivery timeline, focused on automation, data extraction, and basic search functionality.

Project Scope (7-Day MVP)

Automated collection of court judgements from:

Supreme Court of India

One to two High Courts

Extraction of key case details:

Case title

Court name

Case number

Date of judgement

Storage of judgement documents (PDF or text) in a centralized database

Basic keyword-based search and filtering

Scheduled automation for regular updates

Timeline

Day 1–2: Automation and scraping setup

Day 3–4: Data extraction, processing, and storage

Day 5–6: Search implementation and testing

Day 7: Deployment and handover

Preferred Technology Stack (Flexible)

Backend: Python or Node.js

Automation: Scrapy, Playwright, or Selenium

Database: PostgreSQL or MongoDB

Search (optional for MVP): Elasticsearch

Ideal Freelancer Profile

Proven experience in web scraping and automation

Experience handling structured and unstructured data

Familiarity with large-scale data processing

Prior experience with legal or government data is an advantage

Deliverables

Fully functional automation system

Centralized database of judgements

Basic search functionality

Source code with documentation

Live demonstration of the system

Budget

Fixed price or hourly, open for discussion

Proposal should include:

Estimated cost

Confirmation of 7-day timeline

Relevant work samples

Future Scope

Expansion to additional High Courts and District Courts

AI-based judgement summaries

Case citation linking

Role-based access and subscriptions