50 students from Business Law Study Program, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Bina Sarana Informatika (BSI) visiting the Court on Wednesday, (11/26/2025). Foto by MKRI/IlhamWM.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) – 50 students from the Business Law Study Program, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Bina Sarana Informatika (BSI), visited the Court on Wednesday, November 26, 2025. Accompanied by several lecturers, they received material on the Constitution, the Court, and the procedural law of judicial review from Court’s Legal Counselor Ganggas Wibisono in the cinema room on  6th floor of court building I.

“Before getting to know the Court, we must first understand what a constitution is,” Ganggas said as he began his presentation.

He explained that the constitution is the source of all sources of laws and therefore the highest law in a state, determining and regulating power among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Meanwhile, the Court is a state institution that exercises independent judicial power to uphold law and justice.

As stipulated in the 1945 Indonesian Constitution, Court has authority to adjudicate at the first and final level, with decisions that are final, to review laws against the Constitution, resolve disputes over the authority of state institutions whose powers are granted by the Constitution, decide on the dissolution of political parties, and resolve disputes over general election results, including regional head elections. It is also obliged to issue decisions on the opinion of the House of Representatives (DPR) regarding alleged violations committed by the president and/or vice president under the Constitution.

Ganggas emphasized that Court decisions are final and binding, meaning there are no further legal remedies and they take immediate effect for all Indonesian citizens once they are pronounced. There are several types of Court decisions based on legal norms, namely granted, rejected, and inadmissible. In practice, the Court may also issue conditionally constitutional and conditionally unconstitutional decisions.

Closing his presentation, Ganggas quoted the Latin adage Fiat Justitia Ruat Caelum, spoken by Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, which means “let justice be upheld even if the sky falls”.

Author       : Mimi Kartika
Editor        : Tiara Agustina
Translator  : Jessica Rivena Meilania/Donny Yuniarto

Disclaimer: The original version of the news is in Indonesian. In case of any differences between the English and the Indonesian versions, the Indonesian version will prevail.

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