Eksistensi E-Court untuk Mewujudkan Efisiensi dan Efektivitas pada Sistem Peradilan Indonesia Di Tengah Covid-19

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has an impact on the justice system in Indonesia so the government recommends everything be done from home. In addition, there has been a rapid development of information technology, this encourages the renewal of the justice system in Indonesia. In fact, the application of information technology can be an effort to realize efficiency and effectiveness in the justice system as well as to encourage the development of management and administration towards a modern judiciary in preventing the spread of Covid-19. With these circumstances, the Supreme Court regulation No. 1 of 2019 on The Administration of Electronic Court Cases mandates the government to support the development of information technology through legal infrastructure and its arrangements through an electronic court system (e-court). E-court as an update in the justice system in Indonesia, with the application of e-court, a trial can be conducted electronically aimed at minimizing face-to-face meetings of the parties and reducing the intensity of attendance in the court in order to realize the simple principle, fast, and light costs in accordance with Article 2 paragraph (4) of Law No. 48 of 2009 on The Power of Justice. This research aims to find out the benefits of applying e-court to the community and to complete previous research. The paper is made using juridical-normative research methods with conceptual approaches and legal approaches, to explain the urgency and benefits of the implementation of e-court in the midst of Covid-19, with the e-court system services as a provided device, it is expected to help the public in the process of simple, fast, and light costs and the process of speaking remains carried out in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic to enforce the law.