Every finding in a Parakh report links to a public source. This page explains what Parakh searches, how identity matching works, and what the limits of automated public-record research are.
Parakh searches only publicly available government databases. No private data, no credit bureau files, no proprietary scoring.
Maintained by the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) under the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
What we retrieve:
The National Informatics Centre (NIC) eCourts system publishes case data from district courts and high courts across India.
What we search:
Court records are indexed under names, not GSTINs. Name matching is a complex problem. Here is how Parakh handles it.
The GSTIN register returns both the legal registered name and the trade name. These are often different. Both are used for court searches.
Legal suffixes (Pvt Ltd, LLP, & Sons, etc.), punctuation, and common abbreviations are normalised so "ABC Pvt Ltd" and "ABC Private Limited" are treated as the same entity.
Matches are graded:
STRONG — exact or near-exact name match with state consistency.
POSSIBLE — partial name match or name match with state ambiguity.
A STRONG match indicates that the name in the court database closely matches the name on the GSTIN. It does not confirm that the record belongs to this specific business entity. Multiple businesses can share similar names, especially proprietorships named after common personal names.
A POSSIBLE match is a signal only — it requires independent verification before any action is taken.
The existence of a court record does not, by itself, indicate wrongdoing, fraud, default, or adverse creditworthiness. Businesses appear in litigation for many reasons — as plaintiffs, as defendants in disputes that were later settled, or as parties misidentified by a claimant.
The GSTIN registration is currently valid and the taxpayer is expected to file regularly. Active status does not guarantee solvency or good standing with creditors.
The registration has been cancelled (voluntary or by authority) or suspended. This is a significant signal. Goods cannot legally be supplied on GST invoices under a cancelled GSTIN.
Months where no GSTR-3B return appears in the public filing index. A persistent gap (3+ months) is noted. A gap is a public-record fact — not proof of financial distress, but a signal worth understanding.
Parakh does not produce black-box scores. Every finding in your report refers to a specific public source that you can check yourself.
If you believe a finding in your report is incorrect or mismatched, you can verify it directly at the source — or submit a correction request to Parakh for review.