Friday, 05 March 2010 11:55 Written by Adil Fakhru Roza

Supreme Court’s Annual Report

3.4 million cases resolved, 30 judges heavily sanctioned, 760 billion state-loss returned

Jakarta | badilag.net/English (1/3)

Annual report of the Supreme Court delivered by Chief Justice Hon. Harifin A. Tumpa on Thursday (25/2) reveals that in 2009 Indonesian first instance courts received a total of 3.546.854 cases, out of which 3.462.158 cases have been decided. The total decided cases were examined by four jurisdictions within the Court i.e. General, Religious, Administrative and Military Courts.

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Sunday, 28 February 2010 11:29 Written by Adil Fakhru Roza

Sudan delegation posing together with judges form Mahkamah Syar'iyah Aceh when the delegation visited Aceh on Wednesday (24/2) to study the work of judiciary in autonomous region of Aceh.

Jakarta | badilag.net/english (25/2)

Supreme Court Chief Justice, Harifin A. Tumpa, received a courtessy call from Sudanese Supreme Court delegation on Monday (22/2). The delegation consists of 2 high court judges, 6 judges from first instance courts and 2 representatives from the  Department of International Development, the United Kingdom that sponsors this visit.

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Monday, 22 February 2010 12:59 Written by Adil Fakhru Roza

Chief Justice:

Judges must uphold procedural and Substantive Justice

Jakarta | badilag.net/english (20/2)

Judges must uphold procedural law to reveal procedural justice and enforce substantive law to secure substantive justice, says Supreme Court Chief Justice.

“We must not prioritize one over the other. Procedural law is as important as substantive law. If we ignore the formal law, then injustice will emerge. That applies likewise,” Chief Justice Harifin A. Tumpa said Friday (19/2) when delivering keynote speech at National Seminar on Religious Courts’ Substantive Law, in Jakarta.

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