Judicial Officers Banned to Meet With Parties

From left to right: Chief Justice, Harifin A. Tumpa, Vice Chief Justice for Non Judicial Matters, Ahmad Kamil, and Vice Chief Justice for Judicial Matters, Abdul Kadir Mappong

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Vice Chief Justice for Non-Judicial Matters, Ahmad Kamil, warns judicial officers to avoid meeting with parties whose cases are being heard by courts. Meeting the parties, he said, would potentially cause the officers to commit irregularities in performing their duties.

“This must be done to make sure the bureaucracy reform in the Supreme Court run perfectly,” Ahmad Kamil said when giving guidance at the inauguration of Vice Chief Judge of PTA (High Religious Court) Surabaya on Monday (26/4/10).

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The Supreme Court has issued a circular letter (SEMA) No. 3/2010 dated March 8, 2010 on Guest Reception which is a revision of Chief Justice Decision No. MA/KUMDIL/P.01/II/2002 on Guidance for Guest Reception.

The SEMA stipulates that all judicial officers are prohibited to receive interested parties whose cases are being examined by courts.