Religious Court is Short of Judges
Yogyakarta | TEMPO Interactive (13/4/10)
Almost every year, the Yogyakarta Religious Court must put aside hundreds of divorce cases due to a shortage of judges to handle them. “The Religious Court only has nine judges and a team of attorneys besides the chief judge and a deputy,” said Yogyakarta Religious Court member, Mursyid Amirudin, yesterday. With the 500 cases per year, the current judges cannot resolve all of these cases.
In 2008, there were 119 remaining cases and 591 new cases in 2009, totaling 710 cases to be resolved in 2009. Out of these cases, the Yogyakarta Religious Court judges could only resolve 548 cases or 77 percent of them. .
“The remaining 119 cases were carried over to 2010,” Mursyid said. The court also has a shortage of space. However, new building in Timoho has been built. The Yogyakarta Religious Court spokesperson Zuhdi Muhdlor said around 50 new cases are submitted every month. BERNADA RURIT