JAKARTA, LITERASIHUKUM.COM – The Supreme Court (MA) is expanding the application of artificial intelligence (AI)-based systems in the appointment of panels of judges to the first-level courts. This step aims to increase transparency while avoiding controversies such as in the case of Gregorius Ronald Tannur's acquittal.Spokesperson of the MA, Yanto, conveyed that currently the MA has used a system called Smart Majelis

to determine the supreme judges who will handle a case. This system eliminates manual intervention in the process of appointing panels of judges. "Currently at the MA, we use a system, we use a machine. So, the appointment is done by a machine, not by the Chairman anymore," he said in a press conference in Jakarta, Wednesday. However, the system has not been implemented in the first-level or appellate courts. According to Book II of the Technical Guidelines for General Civil and Special Civil Procedural Administration and Technology, the appointment of panels of judges at the district court level is still the authority of the head of the court or delegated to the deputy head. Selection of Judges Based on Professionalism and Case Load However, the system has not been implemented in the first-level or appellate courts. According to Book II of the Technical Guidelines for General Civil and Special Civil Procedural Administration and Technology, the appointment of panels of judges at the district court level is still the authority of the head of the court or delegated to the deputy head.Yanto added that with

, the appointment of judges will consider professional competence, workload, and the complexity of the cases handled. In the future, this system will be expanded to all regional courts. "Maybe later it will be to the regions," said Yanto.