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Politics 2 years ago
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House elects PPP politician Arsul Sani as new Constitutional Court justice
The House of Representatives elected on Tuesday its own lawmaker Arsul Sani of the United Development Party (PPP) as a new Constitutional Court justice, replacing justice Wahiduddin Adams, a two-time House appointee who will end his tenure in the next three months.
Election Updates 2 years ago
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Judicial Commission to protest lighter punishment for judges who ordered election delay
The Judicial Commission (KY), an external judicial oversight body, will formally protest the Supreme Court’s lighter punishment for three lower court judges who were responsible for a controversial ruling to delay the 2024 elections, at the Central Jakarta District Court.
Politics 3 years ago
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Activists to report district judges' ruling to delay elections as ‘ethical breach’
Several civil society organizations and law firms have joined forces to tackle three district court judges who essentially ruled to delay the 2024 elections in a lawsuit brought by a minor political party.
Politics 3 years ago
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Critics demand better screening for Supreme Court justice candidates
After recent graft scandals involving Supreme Court justices that severely undermined the integrity of the country's highest court, critics have demanded better screening procedures for recruiting new justices to ensure clean and high-quality appointees.
Society 3 years ago
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Constitutional Court to probe disparities in ruling on justice dismissal
The Constitutional Court has formed an oversight team to investigate an apparent mismatch between two versions of a November 2022 ruling that upheld the controversial dismissal of court justice Aswanto the month prior.
Society 3 years ago
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Agrarian Ministry, East Java government among best in managing public complaints
Of 17 government agencies, local administrations and city-owned companies selected for top performance, BPOM and the East Java provincial government won the outstanding achievement award for their responses to public complaints, their use of technology to improve the responses as well as for providing legal framework that would allow the response system to be sustainable.
Jakarta 4 years ago
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Jakarta judges reported for ethics breach over delays on ruling in air pollution case
Frustrated with repeated delays on the ruling in the Jakarta air pollution citizen lawsuit, a team of lawyers representing the plaintiffs has reported the judges to the Supreme Court supervisory body and the Judicial Commission over alleged ethics breach.
SE Asia 4 years ago
Philippines' top court probes deadly violence against lawyers, judges
The period of time covers the administrations of former president Benigno Aquino and current leader Rodrigo Duterte, whose crackdown on drug users and war against communist rebels have killed thousands of people.
National 5 years ago
Supreme Court seeks to limit disparities in graft sentences through regulation
The Supreme Court has issued a new regulation that encourages judges to sentence those found guilty in high-profile corruption cases that cause massive state losses to life in prison, in a move designed to eliminate years of inconsistent sentencing by the judiciary.
