The Number of Cases Tends to Increase Every Year

Jakarta l Badilag.net

According to the annual report of the Directorate General of the Religious Courts, during 2011, the religious courts of first instance received 363,041 cases. This number increases around 13.17 percent than previous year with 320,788 cases.

In 2011, the Religious Courts had to settle 425,937 cases. It included 62,896 pended cases of the previous year.

There were 20.350 cases in which were revoked by parties. The Religious Courts had succeeded in settling 333,368 cases in 2011. At the end of the year, there were still 72,219 cases in which were not finalized.

Some Religious Court in East Java become at the top rank during 2011 for the most cases received. 38 Religious Courts in jurisdiction of the High Religious Court of Surabaya, received 93,532 cases.
On the other hand, Religious Courts in East Nusa Tenggara received 424 cases only.

Trend to Increase

Over five years, the number of cases received by the first instance court tends to increase. In 2007, the Religious Courts received 217,084 cases and in 2011 the number increases to 363.041 cases or 65 percent.

Total of Received Cases during five years

Year    Received Cases
2007    217,084
2008    245,023
2009    284,749
2010    320,788
2011    363,041

Legal awareness of people on their family law matters also contributed to the increase of cases.  Besides, public trust to the Religious Courts also triggered the increase of cases.

The pending cases also tend to increase during last five years. In 2011, the pending cases increases around 15 percent in comparison with the previous year.

Pending Cases over five years

Year    Pending Cases
2007    38.405
2008    46.297
2009    56.462
2010    62.922
2011    72.219

The increase of the pending cases is particularly due to insufficient judges in the Religious Courts. Other cause is that the number of judges and the number of cases are not proportional in the Religious Courts.

(Rahmat Arijaya)