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Advocate Challenges Gender Roles in Marriage Law

JAKARTA (MKRI) — Moratua Silaban, an advocate, has filed for the material review of Article 34 paragraphs (1) and (2) of Law No. 1 of 1974 on Marriage, as amended by Law No. 16 of 2019, with the Constitutional Court.…read more

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Former PDAM Kepahiang Employees Challenge State Treasury Law

JAKARTA, (MKRI) – Sixteen former employees of the regionally owned enterprise (BUMD) PDAM Tirta Alami, Kepahiang Regency, filed a petition for judicial review of Article 50 of Law Number 1 of 2004 on State Treasury (State Treasury Law). The preliminary…read more

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The House of Representatives, President Not Ready, Hearing on Review of Restriction on SKP Annulment Requests Postponed

JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) postponed the hearing for Petition No. 91/PUU-XXIV/2026 on the material judicial review of Article 36 paragraph (1) letter b and Article 36 paragraph (2) of Law No. 6 of 1983 on General Provisions…read more

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Government Expert Defends Broad Presidential Discretion in Declaring National Disasters

JAKARTA, MKRI – The government defended the President’s broad discretionary authority in determining national disaster status during a Constitutional Court hearing reviewing Law No. 24 of 2007 on Disaster Management on Monday (11 May 2026). Appearing as an expert witness for…read more

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Students Ask to Clarify Parameters for “Disturbing Order” in Police Law

Jakarta (MKRI) – The phrase “disturbing order” as stipulated in Article 14 paragraph (1) letter i of Law No. 2 of 2002 on the Indonesian National Police (Police Law) is challenged by Isma Maulana Ihsan, Yanuar Atha Prabowo, Riyan Zainur…read more

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Advocates Demand Clarification of Criteria for “Improper” Conduct

JAKARTA (MKRI) – An advocate named Yayang Nanda Budiman has filed a petition to challenge the phrase "inappropriate" in Article 6 letter b of Law No. 18 of 2003 on Advocates (the Advocates Law) with the Constitutional Court (MK). The…read more

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State-Owned Bank Retiree Challenges Marriage Law before Constitutional Court

JAKARTA, MKRI – A retiree of a state-owned bank, Nico Indra Sakti, has filed a petition for a judicial review of Article 29 paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of Law No. 1 of 1974 on Marriage (Marriage Law), as construed…read more

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Absence of an Independent Personal Data Protection Authority

JAKARTA, (MKRI) – Legal Consultant Pardamean Sihombing, Advocate Eprina Manurung, Advocate Christian Adrianus Sihite, and a student, Matthew Febrian Otniel Lambok Hutasoit, stated that Law Number 27 of 2022 on Personal Data Protection (PDP Law) explicitly mandates the establishment of…read more

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Advocate Challenges Criminal Military and Civil Court in KUHAP

Jakarta (MKRI) – Christian Adrianus Sihite requested a material review of Law No. 20 of 2025 on the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) to the Constitutional Court (MK). The preliminary hearing of Case No. 157/PUU-XXIV/2026 was held on Thursday, May 7,…read more

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Court Finds Identical Arguments, Advocates Withdraw Petition

JAKARTA (MKRI) — Nine advocates filed a petition for the judicial review of Article 1 point 22 and Article 151 paragraph (2) letter b of Law No. 20 of 2025 on the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) against the 1945 Constitution…read more