Lawyers Propose Streamlining Judicial Processes through Civil Procedure Law Bill

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Indonesian Lawyers Association Suara Advokat Indonesia (Peradi SAI) has proposed that the stages in the civil judicial system be streamlined through the Civil Procedure Law Bill (RUU Hukum Acara Perdata).

Peradi SAI Chairman Harry Ponto stated that the proposal aims to tackle the civil judicial process, which is deemed lengthy and convoluted, often resulting in legal uncertainty.

“Justice delayed is justice denied, or delayed justice is equivalent to justice denied,” Harry remarked during a public hearing (RDPU) with the House of Representatives’ Commission III, on Monday (30/3/2026).

He exemplified that a civil case must be examined starting from the District Court, High Court, cassation at the Supreme Court, and up to judicial review (PK) at the Supreme Court.

Furthermore, when executing a judicial review decision, the legal process can repeat if there is opposition to that decision.

“Subsequently, when requesting execution of the Judicial Review decision, if there is opposition to the PK decision, it will be examined again at the District Court level, High Court, cassation at the Supreme Court, and Judicial Review at the Supreme Court,” he said.

He suggested that the District Court function as the first-instance court as well as appeals (judex facti), and the High Court as the cassation court (judex juris).

“Meanwhile, the Supreme Court would only serve as the judicial review body,” Harry stated.

“This is to prevent the accumulation of cases at the Supreme Court, which leads to Supreme Court decisions lacking quality because they are merely oriented towards quantity rather than the quality of decisions,” he added.

He proposed that agreements between parties outside of court could be ratified by the court and possess executory force without needing to go through a lawsuit.

“Mediation needs to be further encouraged and strengthened by providing opportunities for agreements between parties outside the court process to be ratified by the court and have executory force without requiring a lawsuit,” Harry said.

Commission III of the House of Representatives began drafting the Bill on Civil Procedure Law on 15 January 2026.