Indonesia's Supreme Court Receives 31,000 Cases Throughout 2024

Throughout 2024, the Indonesian Supreme Court (MA) received 30,991 cases. This figure comprises special criminal cases, civil cases, state administrative cases, criminal cases, special civil cases, religious/jinayah civil cases, and military criminal cases.

Special criminal cases were the most numerous, with 10,284 cases. This was followed by civil cases with 8,202 cases, state administrative cases with 7,479 cases, and criminal cases with 2,007 cases.

Furthermore, there were 1,415 special civil cases, 1,157 religious/jinayah civil cases, and 447 military criminal cases.

“The number of cases received by the MA in 2024 increased by 13.72% compared to 2023, which received 27,252 cases,” the MA wrote in its 2024 Annual Report.

According to the MA, the increase in the number of registered cases in 2024 compared to 2023 occurred in civil cases (up 32.25%); special criminal cases (up 28.02%); criminal cases (up 18.20%); and military criminal cases (up 0.90%).

Meanwhile, the types of cases that experienced a decrease in registrations compared to 2023 were religious/jinayah civil cases (down 29.71%); state administrative cases (down 3.77%); and special civil cases (down 2.95%).

The accumulation of cases in 2024, added to the unresolved cases from 2023, reached 31,138 cases.

Of this number, 99.26% of cases were successfully decided, and the remainder were handled in 2025. According to the MA, because of leftover cases from 2023 and a higher registration of new cases, the workload in 2024 increased.

“The case handling workload (2024) increased by 13.18% compared to 2023, which totaled 27,512 cases,” said the MA.