The Supreme Court (MA) in its end-of-year reflection for 2024 reported that it has imposed disciplinary sanctions on hundreds of judges. The sanctions imposed varied in nature, ranging from light to medium to heavy.
The Chief Justice, Sunarto, stated that at least 206 judges have been sanctioned by various parties, including the Judicial Commission (KY), the Supreme Court (MA), and the collaboration between KY and MA.
“The number and types of disciplinary sanctions imposed on judges and judicial personnel in the year 2024 amounted to 206 disciplinary sanctions, consisting of 79 heavy sanctions, 31 medium sanctions, and 96 light sanctions,” said Sunarto to the media during the Year-End Reflection 2024 at the MA Building on Friday (27/12). Sunarto revealed that his office had received 38 reports from the KY proposing disciplinary sanctions or punishments, with 63 judges receiving disciplinary actions.
“The number of sanction proposals from the KY for the 2024 period is 35 proposed examination report results, with the number of judges proposed to receive disciplinary sanctions from the KY being 63 judges,” he stated.
Furthermore, Sunarto explained that out of the 63 judges proposed for sanctions, 16 judges have been disciplined according to KY’s recommendations, 9 judges have been examined and sanctioned by MA, and the handling of 38 judges has been taken over by MA.
“The number, 16 judges have been followed up with disciplinary actions as recommended by KY, 9 judges have previously been examined and sanctioned by MA,” he explained.
The takeover of the case is based on Article 16 of the Joint Regulation of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice of the Judicial Commission number 02/PB/MA/IX/2012 and number 02/PB/P.KY/09/2012, which regulates the authority of the Supreme Court to handle case transfers.
In addition, during 2024, the MA has received 4,313 complaint handling cases. From that data, 4,116 have been resolved and 197 are still in process.
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