A full-stack web application for managing court cases end-to-end: filing, hearings, advocates, notes, and outcomes. Originally built as a Smart India Hackathon (SIH) capstone, now rewritten with a modern stack: PDO + prepared statements, password hashing, CSRF protection, Bootstrap 5, dark mode, and a proper relational schema.
- Authentication — Sign up / sign in with
password_hash+password_verify(no MD5). - CSRF protection — All forms include a token validated on POST.
- PDO prepared statements — SQL injection surface eliminated.
- Dashboard — Live counts (Total / Open / In progress / Closed) and upcoming hearings widget.
- Cases CRUD — File, view, edit, delete, with breadcrumbs and validation.
- Search & filter — Full-text style search + status filter + multi-column sort + pagination.
- Status workflow —
open → in_progress → adjourned → closed | dismissed | won | lost. - Priority — Low / Medium / High / Urgent, surfaced visually in lists.
- Notes & timeline — Threaded notes per case with timestamps and authors.
- Hearing reminders — Dashboard surfaces hearings in the next 14 days with day-relative labels.
- Contact form — Persisted to
contact_messagesfor back-office triage. - Dark mode — Full theme toggle with
localStoragepersistence. - Modern UI — Bootstrap 5 + Bootstrap Icons, custom design tokens, responsive.
- JSON API —
/api/stats.phpfor the current user's case counts. - Environment config —
.envdriven, no hardcoded credentials.
| Landing | Sign in | Sign up |
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(More screenshots — dashboard, case list, case detail, dark mode — to be added once a live demo deployment is available.)
| Layer | Tech |
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| Backend | PHP 7.4+ (PDO, MySQLi-free) |
| Database | MySQL 5.7+ / MariaDB 10.3+, InnoDB, FULLTEXT index |
| Frontend | Bootstrap 5.3, Bootstrap Icons, vanilla JS |
| Sessions | PHP native, hardened cookies (HttpOnly, SameSite) |
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├── PHP/
│ ├── config/
│ │ ├── env.php # .env loader
│ │ ├── db.php # PDO singleton
│ │ └── auth.php # session, CSRF, helpers
│ ├── includes/
│ │ ├── header.php # shared <head> + navbar
│ │ ├── footer.php # shared <footer> + JS
│ │ ├── errors.php # validation error renderer
│ │ └── case_form_fields.php # shared add/edit form
│ ├── assets/
│ │ ├── css/styles.css # design tokens + components
│ │ └── js/app.js # theme toggle, confirm
│ ├── api/
│ │ └── stats.php # JSON case stats
│ ├── index.php # landing
│ ├── login.php signup.php logout.php forgotpass.php
│ ├── dashboard.php # stats + upcoming + recent
│ ├── cases.php # list, search, filter, paginate
│ ├── case_view.php # detail + notes + status
│ ├── case_edit.php case_delete.php
│ ├── addcase.php # file new case
│ ├── contact.php # contact form (stored)
│ └── thankyou.php server.php # legacy compatibility shims
├── Image/ # screenshots, logo, presentation
├── schema.sql # full DB schema
├── .env.example # config template
└── SETUP.md # local install guide
git clone https://github.com/Sanjays2402/Court-Case-Management.git
cd Court-Case-Management
cp .env.example .env # then edit DB creds
mysql -u root -p < schema.sql
php -S localhost:8080 -t PHP # dev serverVisit http://localhost:8080. See SETUP.md for production deployment notes (Apache / Nginx, .htaccess, HTTPS hardening).
Five tables:
users— accounts, roles (client,advocate,admin), hashed passwords.cases— case records with FK tousers, FULLTEXT index for search.hearings— chronological hearing records (FK tocases).case_notes— free-form notes (FK tocasesandusers).contact_messages— contact-form submissions.
Status enum: open, in_progress, adjourned, closed, dismissed, won, lost.
Priority enum: low, medium, high, urgent.
See schema.sql for the full DDL.
- Passwords hashed with
password_hash(bcrypt by default). - All SQL via PDO prepared statements — no string interpolation.
- CSRF tokens generated per session and validated on every POST.
- Session cookies set with
HttpOnly+SameSite=Lax(andSecureon HTTPS). - All output escaped via
ccms_e()(htmlspecialchars). - Authorization checks on every case-scoped action (
WHERE user_id = ?).
- Email-based password reset (token + expiry table).
- Document upload per case (S3 / local with size limits).
- Admin panel for managing users + reading contact messages.
- Calendar view for hearings.
- CSV export of cases and hearings.
- Email reminders for hearings within 24/48 hours.
- Two-factor authentication.
Sanjay Santhanam — @Sanjays2402
MIT — see LICENSE (add one if missing).
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