Introduction
In a serious caution to people, the Court Registry of Supreme Court of India on Friday issued a public advisory warning against a malicious website that is impersonating the official portal of the court. The portal, registered by cybercriminals as ‘scigovinjudicial.com’, is collecting sensitive personal and banking information and credentials of online users by running a malicious website that pretends to be the judicial portal, The Court Registry issued a public advisory to be cautious and not to click on any such links.
Background
This new threat is just the latest manifestation of a concerning trend of institutional cyber-impersonation in India’s judiciary. The notice from the Supreme Court Registry follows a string of previous alerts dated July 16, 2025, April 28, 2026 and August 13, 2026, all of which announced the appearance of fake websites set up to copy and use the real Supreme Court web addresses for financial scams and data theft.
Judicial portals targeted by the cybercrime scams can be easily fooled with of providing whose website portals are whimsically guise by soft the innocent to effect. Do the citizens who want to see cause-list, case-status or the court directions or order keeps depend way on it. And give an idea about how viciously their victims are approaching on-line.
Key Points
Some important facts and preventive directions in the advisory of Supreme Court Registry are as follows:-
Impersonating Domain: ‘scigovinjudicial.com’ is the impersonating domain which was designed to mislead the users to believe that they are navigated into the official website of Supreme Court of India.
According to Registry, the only registered name for Supreme Court of India is the official domain sci.gov.in. Any other domain name that claims to represent the court is not registered.
With the fake portal, cybercriminals seek to acquire various information including personal details, login credentials and financial information through phishing schemes.
The Registry recommended that Internet users are to check web links before clicking on a site link or submitting information by rolling a mouse pointer over the hyperlink or URL link to reveal the full web address. For people who think they may have come in contact with the fake website or otherwise compromised their data, the Registry advised two immediate measures: All online account passwords should be changed at once; contact your bank and inform them about any suspicions of theft.
Analysis
What is dominant domain spoofing against constitutional bodies such as the Supreme Court? Increasing number of domain spoofing that targets constitution bodies signifies a systemic attack on our cyber security. Following a pattern, the name makers of the scam domain resort to permutations and combinations of keywords like, “sci”, “in”, “gov” and “judicial”, with the official acronyms to give an illusion of a legitimate portal. When the general public, litigants and legal practitioners alike search for legal updates and case proceedings, such portal would attract missaried online traffic, thus helping scammers to indulge in identity theft and financial scams.
The Registry’s proactive measures also demonstrate a welcome conversion to the path of public threat intelligence and digital knowledge. Explaining simple steps like domain hovering or password reset gives individuals some of the fundamental cyber hygiene tools they need. The fact that these notices have been issued from one year to another suggests that technical takedowns of phishing domains may not be enough in the longer term. Continued awareness raising, more enforcement against domain name registries and swift prosecution of phishing infrastructure is the way forward.
Conclusion
The vigilant citizen and lawyer community of the Supreme Court Registry should act cautiously and take no chance when using judicial services online and ensure to use only sci.gov.in to access them. If at any time the security is compromised, reset the password and call the bank to activate alert as initial actions till any effective solution comes.
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WRITTEN BY- AASTHA KEDIA
