JAKARTA: In an attempt to reduce the massive backlog of
\nappeals waiting to be heard by the Supreme Court, a legal
\npractitioner suggested on Friday that restrictions be placed on
\nthe type of cases the could be brought before the highest court
\nin the land.<\/p>\n
\"The Supreme Court since the beginning could have limited the
\nnumber of incoming appeal cases depending on their substance,\"
\nlawyer Bambang Widjajanto said while commenting on the backlog of
\n16,000 appeals waiting to be heard by the country's highest
\ncourt.<\/p>\n
He said that only a small percentage (between 10 percent and
\n20 percent) of appeal cases raised questions of law, with the
\nvast majority (between 80 percent and 90 percent) only being
\nconcerned with questions of fact.<\/p>\n
\"It's not against the legislation to restrict appeals to the
\nSupreme Court solely to those concerned with questions of law,\"
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
Bambang suggested that the Supreme Court's workload could be
\nreduced by only allowing criminal appeals in the case of
\nconvictions where sentences of five-years imprisonment or more
\nhad been imposed.<\/p>\n
Another measure would be to establish \"a special task force\"
\nto vet the cases that were currently in the pipeline.<\/p>\n
Chief Justice Bagir Manan told a plenary meeting of the
\nPeople's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Annual Session on Thursday
\nthat despite the high productivity of the justices, there were
\nstill some 16,000 cases awaiting the attention of the Supreme
\nCourt.--Antara<\/p>",
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