CNDJ

Disciplinary rulings against judges and lawyers from the Relatoría de la Comisión Nacional de Disciplina Judicial (CNDJ): ~18,000 rulings, searchable by text, magistrate, topic, party, matter, or year. Search first, then read one ruling in full.

Search rulings

POST /co/cndj/rulings-search/v1 At least one search criterion is required.

Field	Type	Notes
`query`	string	Free text.
`reporting_judge`	string	Reporting magistrate.
`subject`	string	Topic.
`respondent`	string	Party subject to the proceeding.
`matter`	string	Matter.
`subtopic`	string	Subtopic.
`year`	string	4-digit year.
`limit`	integer	1-100. Default `25`.

curl https://api.croma.run/co/cndj/rulings-search/v1 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CROMA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "query": "prescripción", "limit": 25 }'

Returns total, count, and the matching rows.

Field	Notes
`numero_unico`	23-digit case number. Pass it (with `numero_ficha`) to the lookup below.
`numero_ficha`	Record key for the ruling.
`magistrado_ponente`	Reporting magistrate.
`contenido_radicacion`	The matter under review.
`decision`	The ruling’s decision.
`fecha`	Ruling date.

One ruling

POST /co/cndj/ruling/v1

Field	Type	Notes
`registration_number`	string	Required. 23-digit case number from a search row.
`ficha_number`	integer	Required. Record key from a search row.

curl https://api.croma.run/co/cndj/ruling/v1 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CROMA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
        "registration_number": "11001010200020200012300",
        "ficha_number": 12345
      }'

Returns the editorial fields for the ruling, plus a link to the document and its full text when available.

Field	Notes
`titulacion`	Editorial title.
`descriptores`	Topics.
`fuentes_normativas`	Legal sources cited.
`salvamentos_aclaraciones`	Dissenting and concurring opinions.
`pdf_url`	Link to the ruling document.
`texto`	Extracted full text, when the document carries a text layer.

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