Constitutional Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against Unilateral Internet Quota Expiration Scheme
A legal challenge against provisions governing the unilateral expiration of internet quotas has been dismissed by Indonesia’s Constitutional Court (MK).
The Constitutional Court panel stated that a material review of Article 71(2) of the Job Creation Law (UU Ciptaker) concerning the unilateral internet quota expiration scheme was deemed inadmissible because the petitioner failed to provide supporting evidence.
This ruling on case number 30/PUU-XXIV/2026 was announced in the Constitutional Court’s plenary chamber on Monday 2 March. According to the MK website, in the legal considerations read by Deputy Chief Justice Saldi Isra, the Court noted that even during the preliminary examination session—which was scheduled to examine the amended petition and authorise supporting evidence for petition number 30/PUU-XXIV/2026—the petitioner failed to submit the petition accompanied by the required evidence.
Based on these facts, Saldi stated, the Court had no doubt in declaring the petition failed to meet the formal requirements for submission. Although the Court has jurisdiction to hear the petition, it did not meet formal requirements. Therefore, the Court would not proceed with further consideration of the petitioner’s submission.
“We declare petition number 30/PUU-XXIV/2026 inadmissible,” Chief Justice Suhartoyo announced in reading the Court’s ruling.
During the preliminary examination session on Wednesday 28 January, the petitioner recounted that they had purchased internet quota in full but received a system notification that the 10 GB quota would expire on 4 January 2026.
According to the petitioner, the fully paid internet quota is actually personal property with economic value. However, the application of this article provision gives operators freedom to confiscate that property through a unilateral “expiration” scheme without compensation.
The petitioner argued this contradicts the principle of property rights protection that cannot be arbitrarily taken away. According to the petitioner, there is sharp legal uncertainty when compared with other sectors.
Consequently, the petitioner requested the Constitutional Court declare Article 71(2) of the Job Creation Law unconstitutional and without binding legal force unless interpreted as: “Determination of tariffs and telecommunications service provision schemes must guarantee the accumulation of remaining data quota (data rollover) that has been paid for by consumers”; or “Remaining data quota purchased by consumers shall remain valid and usable as long as the prepaid card is active”; or “Unused remaining data quota must be converted back to credit value or refunded proportionally to consumers when the service package validity period expires.”