Government Affirms Supreme-Court Decision on Application-Based Transportation

In order to affirm Supreme Court (Mahkamah Agung– “ MA ”) Decision No. 37 P/HUM/2017 (“ MA Decision ”), [1] the Ministry of Transportation has issued Regulation No. PM 108 of 2017 on the Organization of Non-Fixed-Route Public-Transportation Services (“ Regulation 108/2017 ”). This new regulation revises Ministry Regulation No. PM 26 of 2017 on the same matter (“ Regulation 26/2017 ”), which was partially annulled through the issuance of the MA Decision and which thus required revision.In its analysis of the revisions which have now been made to the legal framework through the issuance of Regulation 108/2017, this edition of Indonesian Legal Brief will confine its discussion to matters reviewed in the MA Decision which relate to application-based transportation services, including: