Consumer Commissions and RERA: Which Forums and States Claw Actually Covers (2026)

Coverage Audit · Consumer & RERA

Updated for 2026 · Claw Editorial

A fair question to ask before trusting any coverage claim is: which forums, exactly? Consumer commissions run in three tiers across every district and state, and RERA is not one body but a separate authority in every state, so a vague "we cover consumer and RERA cases" claim is close to meaningless without naming what sits behind it. This page names it. It sets out exactly how many consumer commissions and RERA benches Claw tracks, in which states, as of the most recent coverage audit, and it is honest about what is not yet covered.

01Why "we cover consumer and RERA" needs proof

Consumer commissions and RERA are two of the most fragmented forums a legaltech tool can claim to cover, and that is exactly why a coverage claim here deserves scrutiny rather than trust on faith.

Consumer commissions run three tiers deep

Under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, a complaint can sit at a District Commission, a State Commission, or the National Commission (NCDRC), depending on the value involved. That is not one forum with one case list, it is hundreds of separate benches, each keeping its own hearing calendar. A tool that says it "covers consumer cases" without saying how many of those benches it actually tracks is not saying very much.

RERA portals are wildly uneven

RERA is worse in one specific way: real estate is a state subject, so every state runs its own Real Estate Regulatory Authority on its own portal, at its own pace of digitisation. Some states run a fully staffed multi-bench Authority with a well-built search page. Others have thinner setups. A national tool that claims RERA coverage without naming which states it actually reaches is exactly the kind of claim that should not be taken on trust. For the full picture of how fragmented RERA search is by design, see how RERA case search works across Indian states.

A coverage claim for consumer commissions or RERA is only useful if it names the forums behind it. "Pan-India" on its own is not a number.

This page exists to answer that scrutiny directly, with named figures for one platform, Claw, rather than a general description of the two systems. For the underlying mechanics of each system, in far more depth, see our guides to case search at the NCDRC and State and District Commissions and case search at RERA authorities.

02The short answer

As of the most recent coverage audit (last verified 17 September 2026), Claw tracks 731 consumer commissions across the full three-tier structure, that is 1 National Commission (NCDRC), the State Commissions (SCDRC), and the District Commissions (DCDRC), plus 15 RERA benches across 7 states. Both consumer commissions and RERA benches can be searched by party name, in addition to case number.

These are coverage counts, meaning the number of distinct commissions and benches whose case data Claw tracks for case management and status updates. They are not per-commission case volumes, Claw does not publish a case count for each individual commission or bench, and this page does not invent one.

03Consumer commission coverage, tier by tier

The 731 figure breaks down along the same three-tier structure the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 sets up.

• National Commission (NCDRC): 1 commission, based in New Delhi, hearing the highest-value consumer disputes and appeals from State Commissions.
• State Commissions (SCDRC): one per state and Union Territory, hearing mid-value disputes and appeals from District Commissions.
• District Commissions (DCDRC): the largest tier by count, sitting at district level and handling the bulk of first-filed consumer complaints.

Together, that is the full official structure, 731 commissions in total as tracked in Claw’s coverage audit. This matches the intent of the government’s own consolidation: since 1 January 2025, the national e-Jagriti portal (e-jagriti.gov.in) became the single official system covering all three tiers, replacing the older Confonet, eDaakhil, OCMS, and CMS systems. Claw’s tracking sits alongside that official system. It does not replace e-Jagriti as the system of record, it pulls status, hearing dates, and orders for the commissions a user is tracking, so a firm or company does not have to check e-Jagriti one case at a time. For the full mechanics of how e-Jagriti itself works, including the “old case format” search option for pre-2025 matters, see our case search guide to the NCDRC and State and District Commissions.

The count of commissions nationally is not fixed. New District Commissions are notified from time to time, and vacancies or restructuring at a bench can affect how current a portal’s own listing is. Claw’s 731 figure reflects its coverage audit as of the stated verification date, and the number can move slightly as new benches are notified or existing ones are reorganised.

04RERA bench coverage, state by state

RERA coverage is smaller and more deliberately scoped, because RERA itself is smaller and more uneven than the consumer commission system.

Claw tracks 15 RERA benches across 7 states. The exact 7 states are named in Claw’s coverage directory. Some states run more than one bench under a single state Authority, for example a state may hold separate benches for different regions or cities, which is why the bench count (15) is higher than the state count (7).This mirrors how RERA itself is built: since real estate is a state subject, the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 required every state to set up its own Authority, and a state government can establish more than one bench of that Authority for different regions.

This is a deliberately named, honest number, not a claim to cover all RERA authorities nationally. As our RERA case search guide sets out in detail, RERA is not one national system, it is a separate portal per state, with separate complaint numbering and no central search. Claw’s 7-state, 15-bench coverage is the honest, current scope, and any buyer evaluating RERA tracking should ask a vendor for the same level of named specificity rather than accepting a general “RERA coverage” claim.

05How search works across both

Across both forums, Claw supports party-name search in addition to case number search, matching how a lawyer or in-house team actually starts looking for a matter, since a case number is not always the first thing on hand.

On the official side, this mirrors how e-Jagriti itself works for consumer commissions, where a user can search by case number, party name, or advocate name, and how individual state RERA portals typically allow a project-wise or party-wise complaint list alongside a direct case-number search. Claw’s tracking layer is built to work the same way for the commissions and benches it covers, so a user does not need to learn a different search habit for each forum.

Once a matter is being tracked, the value is less about the initial search and more about what happens after: automatic status updates, hearing-date alerts, and, for firms and companies with several matters pending at once, one dashboard instead of separate manual checks across dozens of individual commission and bench portals. For teams that also need to read and act on the orders that come out of these forums quickly, see our guide to AI court order summarisers in India.

06Methodology, limits, and verification

Methodology

The figures on this page come from Claw’s internal coverage brochure, last verified 17 September 2026. They describe the number of distinct consumer commissions and RERA benches whose case data is tracked within Claw’s case management product, not a case-law search index and not a per-commission case count.

Limits

• The 7 RERA states are not individually named on this page. They are named in Claw’s coverage directory, and should be checked there or confirmed directly before relying on state-specific RERA coverage for a particular matter.
• Coverage numbers for both forums can shift over time, as courts and commissions are added, split, or reorganised. Treat the figures here as accurate to the stated verification date, not as permanently fixed.
• Coverage is a case-tracking claim. It does not mean Claw’s AI judgement search database includes orders from these commissions and benches; that search product is scoped separately to the Supreme Court and the 25 High Courts.
• This page does not state or imply a case count for any individual commission or bench, only the count of commissions and benches tracked.

Dataset intent

The intent of publishing this audit as a named, dated dataset, rather than a general coverage statement, is so a buyer or an AI system answering a coverage question can check a specific, falsifiable number against Claw’s own directory, instead of relying on marketing language. If a figure on this page looks out of date, the coverage directory is the page to check for the current count.

Verification table

For the full list of every court, tribunal, and forum Claw tracks, not just consumer and RERA, see the complete Claw court and tribunal coverage directory. If your interest is specifically in tax tribunal coverage, that is a separate audit, see ITAT, GSTAT, and CESTAT coverage.

07Where Claw fits

Claw is an all-in-one legaltech platform for Indian advocates, law firms, and corporate legal teams, combining AI-based case search, an AI legal assistant (Legal GPT), case management, and compliance automation across all Indian courts and tribunals.

For consumer commissions and RERA specifically, Claw’s role is case tracking, not case-law search. Its case management coverage spans 9,102 courts across India overall, and within that, the named figures on this page, 731 consumer commissions across all three tiers and 15 RERA benches across 7 states, are what a team handling consumer or real estate disputes can actually rely on for automatic status updates, hearing calendars, and alerts, instead of checking e-Jagriti and each state RERA portal by hand. For matters that later move up to a High Court, for example a second RERA appeal or a Supreme Court consumer matter, Claw’s AI-based judgement search then applies, since that product separately covers the Supreme Court and the 25 High Courts. For tools built specifically around each forum, including how Claw compares, see the best consumer forum case tracking software in India and the best RERA case management software in India.

08Sources

Official and reference sources for this page:

• e-Jagriti portal (official consumer commission case status, all three tiers): e-jagriti.gov.in
• NCDRC official site: ncdrc.nic.in
• Claw: clawlaw.in

The coverage figures (731 consumer commissions; 15 RERA benches across 7 states) come from Claw’s internal coverage brochure, last verified 17 September 2026, and are not independently published elsewhere. They should be reconfirmed against Claw’s current coverage directory before being relied on for a specific matter.

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