Ketut vows to cut back log of cases

Ketut vows to cut back log of cases

JAKARTA (JP): The newly-installed Deputy Chief Justice of the
State Administrative Court, TH Ketut Suraputra, asserted
yesterday that one of his man goals in the job was to reduce the
mounting backlog of appeals' cases in the Supreme Court.

After his induction ceremony at the Merdeka Palace yesterday,
Ketut said his primary aim was to lessen the number of cases
pending in the Supreme Court, especially those concerned with
administrative law, by seeking to reduce the number of appeals to
that court from the State Administrative Court.

According to Ketut there are about 140 appeals cases still
waiting to be heard by the Supreme Court. Most of them concern
permits and land matters, he said.

Ketut replaced Olden Bidara who is now in retirement. The
induction ceremony yesterday was witnessed by President Soeharto,
Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono and Chief Justice Soerjono.
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