Sarwata

{{Short description|Indonesian judge (1935–2003)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|7|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Tebing Tinggi, North Sumatra, Dutch East Indies

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Sarwata was the tenth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia.David Bourchier, "Politics of Law in Contemporary Indonesia." Taken from [https://books.google.com/books?id=NnaGAgAAQBAJ&q=Soerjono&pg=PA247 Law, Capitalism and Power in Asia: The Rule of Law and Legal Institutions], pg. 247. Ed. Kanishka Jayasuriya. Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge, 2006. {{ISBN|9781134738250}} Sarwata led an investigation by the Supreme Court into allegations of its own wrongdoing in 1996, during which his panel found no evidence of such wrongdoing. His promotion as Chief Justice thereafter was seen as a victory for the Court's old elite. He was the first Chief Justice of Indonesia to be openly accused of corruption.Sebastian Pompe, [https://books.google.com/books?id=N092cqDrEnQC&dq=Soerjono&pg=PA158 The Indonesian Supreme Court: A Study of Institutional Collapse], pg. 167. Ithaca: SEAP Publications, 2005. {{ISBN|9780877277385}}

Sarwata has been described as the last bastion of military men in the Indonesian judiciary before the Post-Suharto era. He was disdainful of civilian institutions, rarely actually showed up for work at the Supreme Court, displayed little knowledge of legal issues and made a habit of dodging official visitors to his office.Sebastian Pompe, The Indonesian Supreme Court, pg. 166.