Stages in using the Electronic Justice System (E-Court)

The stages in using the Electronic Justice System (E-Court) include:

  • Case Registration (E-Filing), at this stage, online case registration is carried out after registering as a registered user by selecting the District Court, Religious Court, or State Administrative Court where it can be said to be actively providing E-Court services.
  • Estimated Advance Fees (E-Skum), at this stage, the registrant automatically gets an Estimated Advance Fees (E-SKUM) and a Payment Number in the form of a Virtual Account) which can be paid through available electronic channels (Multi Channel).
  • Getting a Case Number, at this stage, the court provides a Case Number on working days and hours, then a notification/notification will be given that the case has been registered with the Court.
  • Summoning Parties online (E-Summon), at this stage, trial summons and Notification of Verdict are conveyed to the parties through electronic channels via the parties' email addresses.
  • Electronic Trial (E-Litigation), at this stage the trial is carried out electronically so that trial documents can be sent, including:
    • a) Reply,
    • b) Duplication,
    • c) Answer and
    • d) Conclusions electronically.
  • Electronic Copy of Verdict (E-Copy), at this stage the E-Court application contains verdict information, namely a) date of verdict, b) verdict, c) date of minutes and d) an electronic copy of the verdict can be downloaded.
  • Electronic Signature (E-Sign), at this stage the signing of the Electronic Copy of Verdict file.

Terms and Conditions for Using the Electronic Justice System (E-Court)

Terms and Conditions for Using the Electronic Justice System (E-Court), include:

  1. The Electronic Justice System (E-Court) consists of several modules, including the electronic case registration module (E-Filing), the electronic case payment module (E-Payment), the Electronic Notification module (E-Pbt), and the Electronic Summons module (E-Hal). E-Court consists of several modules, including the electronic case registration module (E-Filing), the electronic case payment module (E-Payment), the Electronic Notification module (E-Pbt), and the Electronic Summons module (E-Hal).
  2. E-Payment can be used to make payments for advance case fees set through the e-SKUM application as a follow-up to electronic registration.
  3. Registered Users are responsible for ensuring that all notifications sent via the E-Pbt and/or E-Pgl modules can be received properly at the Electronic Domicile that has been registered with the Court.
  4. Copies of court executions/determinations issued electronically are sent to the parties via electronic domicile, but these copies cannot be used as valid evidence.

Advantages of Using the Electronic Justice System (E-Court)

  1. Cost-effective, where by litigating electronically, the costs incurred will be less. Summonses will be delivered according to the registered electronic domicile.
  2. Time-saving, where through e-court, the time required to register a case, pay case fees, and the time for trial will be more efficient and flexible.
  3. Preventing illegal levies, where with the Electronic Justice System (E-Court), the intensity of face-to-face interaction between judicial apparatus and court service users will be reduced, thus decreasing illegal levies. Because, it can almost be ascertained that levies outside of those listed in the e-court are illegal levies.
  4. Multi-channel payment, where in order to facilitate the management of case fee payments, state-owned banks, such as: BRI, BTN, Bank Mandiri, BNI, and BSI provide virtual accounts as a means of payment to the Court where the case is registered. The existence of a virtual account will make it easier to make case fee payments.
  5. Proper archiving, where your data that has been uploaded to the Electronic Justice System (E-Court) will be stored in the case tracking information system (SIPP) which is integrated with the Electronic Justice System (E-Court).
  6. Transparent, where the Electronic Justice System (E-Court) allows for interaction between parties and the Panel of Judges in the context of open case examination that can be seen by all parties in the case. Decisions from all courts in the four judicial environments can be accessed by anyone. This is a form of transparency and accountability, especially in terms of the decision.

References

  • Supreme Court Regulation Number 7 of 2022 concerning Amendments to Supreme Court Regulation Number 1 of 2019 concerning Administration and Trial in Court Electronically.
  • Supreme Court e-Court Guidebook 2019.