Three Judges Of The South Jakarta District Court Reported To The Supreme Court Bawas Allegedly Violating The Code Of Ethics

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JAKARTA - An advocate for Noverizky Tri Putra reported three judges and one clerk at the South Jakarta District Court (PN) to the Supreme Court Supervisory Agency (MA) for alleged violations of the code of ethics.

The three judges previously canceled the inracht decision through a resistance lawsuit.

This case stems from a lawsuit filed by Noverizky in 2023 against the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Indonesia and several related parties, with case number 297/Pdt.G/2023/PN.Jkt.Sel.

The lawsuit against the Saudi Arabian Embassy is related to a lawsuit against the law of not paying money as a legal fee

After the defendants and defendants were never present in five summons, the panel of judges at the South Jakarta District Court who were different was chaired by Akhmad Nakhrowi Mukhlis, who decided this case on verstek (without the presence of the defendant) on January 2, 2024.

The ruling sentenced the Saudi Arabian Embassy to pay material compensation of Rp375 million to Noverizky.

The South Jakarta District Court Department has notified the contents of the verdict to the Saudi Arabian Embassy on January 17, 2024, but the embassy refused to sign it.

Based on procedural law, the decision should have permanent legal force (inkracht) on January 31, 2024, or 14 days after notification.

Noverizky then submitted an aanmaning application or a warning to the Chairman of the South Jakarta District Court to order the Saudi Arabian Embassy to fulfill its obligations. This request was granted and the determination of the aanmaning was issued on January 30, 2025.

Aanmaning is an action taken by the Chief Justice of the Court to remind the losers to implement court decisions voluntarily.

Aanmaning is one of the stages in resolving execution cases

Even though the decision was inkracht, the Saudi Arabian Embassy actually filed a lawsuit against the verstek decision on February 25, 2025.

This case was registered manually because the verstek decision was legally binding on the Supreme Court's e-court system.

Along with the verzet trial, Noverizky was surprised when the judge delivered his decision, where his party's exception was rejected as a whole.

The judge also canceled the verstek decision Number 297 / Pdt.G / 2023 / PN.Jkt.Sel dated January 2024 and at the same time rejected the Plaintiff / Volunteer lawsuit in its entirety;

Noverizky suspects that there is a violation of the code of ethics and the panel of judges' neutrality in deciding this verzet case.

Noverizky suspects the three judges have violated the code of ethics because they are considered to ignore the facts of the trial that the verstek's decision has permanent legal force, a thing that the judge should have known.

"We also suspect that there is an neutrality from the panel of judges, considering that the management of cases like this should be very familiar to them," said Noverizky.

Nove added that the complaint to the Supreme Court was filed in the hope of ensuring fair justice and law enforcement integrity regardless of the status of the litigants.

"We also want to remind that the actions of these three judges are dangerous for law enforcement in Indonesia. Where cases that have been incracht can be dropped by verzet," he said.

In addition to making a report to the Supreme Court Supervisory Board, Noverizky also ensured that he would take further steps by filing an appeal to the Jakarta High Court.

"I still believe other law enforcers still have credibility and confusion. That's why I will fight the decisions of these three South Jakarta District Court judges," he said.

On the other hand, Noverizky also considered writing to the Minister of Law and even President Prabowo for justice.