NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court of India has warned the public against a fake website that is impersonating its official portal. In a public notice dated November 3, 2026, the Court's Registry identified scigovinjudicial.com as a newly detected fraudulent domain, according to SCC Online and Verdictum, which reported the advisory on Tuesday.
Source: SCC Online
The notice, titled “Advisory concerning fake websites impersonating the official website of the Supreme Court of India”, said cybercriminals could use the link to solicit sensitive personal data and confidential credentials. “All stakeholders are strictly cautioned against divulging any personal/financial information, as such disclosures may facilitate the theft of data by these perpetrators,” the Registry said, in the passage quoted by Verdictum.
Source: Verdictum
The Registry clarified that the Supreme Court of India is the registered user of the domain sci.gov.in — that is the Court's only official website address. It advised users to verify the authenticity of website addresses and electronic communications, including by hovering over a link before clicking on it.
What to do if you may have been caught
Anyone who suspects they have been compromised through the phishing attempt should immediately change the passwords of all their online accounts and notify their bank about any unauthorised access, the Registry advised. Earlier advisories in the same series have also stressed that the Supreme Court never seeks personal information, financial details or other confidential information through such websites.
This is not the first such warning. The November 3 advisory was issued in continuation of earlier public notices dated July 16, 2025, April 28, 2026 and August 13, 2026, SCC Online reported. The April 2026 notice had flagged a similarly named domain, scigovjudicial.com, and the August 2026 notice had flagged sp-court-in.com. The Registry has been issuing such phishing alerts since August 2023, and a notice in January 2025 alone listed 15 fraudulent domains copying the Court's website.
The warning matters because litigants, lawyers and ordinary citizens routinely search for case status, orders and cause lists on the Court's website — exactly the traffic a lookalike domain tries to divert. Checking that the address ends in sci.gov.in before entering any detail is the single safeguard the Registry has repeated in every advisory.