Supreme Court Issues New Regulation for Legal Aid, Easier Procedures for Poor People

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The Supreme Court Circular Letter (SEMA) No. 10/2010 on Guidelines for Provision of Legal Aid is now no longer applicable after Chief Justice, Dr. H. M. Hatta Ali, SH., MH., on 9 January 2014 issued a new regulation replacing the SEMA.

The new regulation which is called the Supreme Court Regulation (PERMA) No. 1/2014 on Guidelines for Provision of Legal Services for the Poor in Court is valid since its enactment on 16 January 2014.

“The Supreme Court and its subordinate courts must provide broadest possible access to the public to access to justice, including access to justice for the poor,” Chief Justice said in one of the PERMA’s considerations.

New Vice Chief Justice for Non Judicial Affairs Elected

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Indonesia’s Supreme Court has a new Vice Chief Justice for Non-Judicial Affairs for the period of 2014-2019. H. Suwardi, SH., MH was elected the Vice Chief Justice after 47 justices cast their votes on Tuesday (21/1/2014) at the election ceremony in Jakarta.

Suwardi, gathering 28 votes, will replace Dr. H. Ahmad Kamil, SH., M.Hum, the present Vice Chief Justice, who only garnered 19 votes at the election. Ahmad Kamil, who has been Vice Chief Justice for Non Judicial Matters since 2009, will end his term on next 10 February 2014.

“H. Suwardi gained 28 votes which is more than 50% plus one. And according to the rules we agreed, His Excellency H. Suwardi is declared as the elected Vice Chief Justice for Non Judicial Affairs,” said Secretary of the Supreme Court, Nurhadi, SH., MH, who led the election proceedings.

7 Religious Courts Champion Court Decisions Publication in 2013

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Just recently, the Supreme Court’s Registry Office annouunced courts that uploaded most court decisions onto website of Judgments Directory. Based on the official announcement, 7 out of 10 courts uploading most judgments during 2013 are from the Religious Courts.

The seven courts are Religious Court (PA) Jember, PA Kab. Malang, PA Banyuwangi, PA Surabaya, PA Bojonegoro, PA Lumajang and PA Tulungagung. All the seven religious courts are under the jurisdiction of Religious High Court (PTA) Surabaya, East Java.

PA Jember which published 14,126 court decisions in 2013 was named the winner of judgments publication, outperforming more than 800 courts across Indonesia.

(Achmad Cholil)

Online Case Report Must Be Accurate

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The Directorate General of the Religious Courts encourages all religious courts to validate case data. The validation should be accomplished in December 31, 2013.

A successful validation will show the similarity between online data and manual data. Besides, a graph of SIADPA performance will show a balance.

Data accuracy becomes very important. A failure of a religious court to provide accurate data will influence accuracy of other data nationally.

Tukiran, Director of Administration Development said that he always monitored the data uploaded by all religious courts.