Court settles backlog of cases

Court settles backlog of cases

SERANG, Banten: Supreme Court chief Bagir Manan said on
Thursday his office had managed to settle almost all of the
outstanding cases that had piled up over the years.

"Out of the backlog of more than 6,700 cases, we've managed to
settle 6,200 in 2004. It means that we had to work hard to settle
more than 500 cases per month," he said.

Bagir said he hoped there would be no more backlogs in the
future, so people would be able to see justice done easily and in
a timely fashion from the Supreme Court.

The backlogs of cases create opportunities for corruption and
collusion involving officials and people seeking justice, he
added.

"We believe we will be able to quickly settle the remaining
500 cases and we hope the corruption and collusion that took
place in the past will not recur in the court," Bagir said.
--Antara