Profesionalisme Hakim Syarie Di Mahkamah Syariah Melalui Pemakaian Arahan Amalan Penulisan Teks Alasan Penghakiman

Abstract

Abstrak Profesionalisme pegawai kerajaan merupakan aspek penting dalam perkhidmatan institusi kerajaan di Malaysia. Mahkamah Syariah merupakan institusi kerajaan yang melaksanakan tugas kehakiman untuk mencapai keadilan. Hakim Syarie dipertanggungjawabkan untuk melaksanakan tugas penghakiman dan menulis teks alasan penghakiman sebagaimana ketetapan undang-undang dan pemakaian arahan amalan. Walau bagaimanapun terdapat kritikan Panel Rayuan Mahkamah Syariah terhadap pendekatan penulisan teks alasan penghakiman yang dibuat oleh Hakim Syarie. Justeru itu, penulisan makalah ini bertujuan melihat profesionalisme Hakim Syarie melalui pemakaian arahan amalan dalam penulisan teks alasan penghakiman. Penulisan ini memfokuskan kepada arahan amalan No. 6 Tahun 2001 yang dikeluarkan oleh Jabatan Kehakiman Syariah Malaysia. Pendekatan kualitatif digunakan sebagai metodologi penulisan makalah ini. Penulisan telah mendapati bahawa Hakim Syarie merupakan personal yang mempunyai nilai profesionalisme melalui pelantikan undang-undang, kompetensi dan kelayakan yang ditetapkan. Pelaksanaan tugasan kehakiman termasuk menulis teks alasan penghakiman merupakan aspek penting yang perlu dilakukan secara profesional berpandukan ketetapan undang-undang dan arahan amalan yang digunakan di Mahkamah Syariah. Pemakaian arahan amalan berkenaan penulisan teks alasan penghakiman perlu dipatuhi bagi memastikan kewibawaan nilai profesionalisme Hakim Syarie di Mahkamah Syariah. Kata Kunci: Profesionalisme, Hakim Syarie, Mahkamah Syariah, Alasan Penghakiman, Arahan Amalan   Abstract The professionalism of a civil servant is an important aspect of a good service in government institutions. The Syariah Court is one of the institutions responsible for judicial duties in order to acquire justice. Syariah Judge was assigned with the duty to make decisions and to write the text of the ground of judgement made, based on the rule of practice direction. Nonetheless, a criticism was thrown by the appeal panel of the Syariah Court on the approach taken by the Syariah Judge in writing the text of grounds of judgment. Therefore, this article is written to illustrate the effect of the application of practice directions on the professionalism of a Syariah Judge. This writing focuses on Practice Direction No. 6, 2001 issued by the Department of Syariah Judiciary Malaysia. A qualitative measures was utilized as the methodology of this research. The results indicate that Syariah Judge's professionalism is achieved through legal appointment and his competency and qualifications, as prescribed by the authority. The execution of judicial duties is also an important features of professionalism, which includes writing text of the ground of judgement that need to be done professionally by the Syariah Judge in accordance with the prescribed rule of laws and Practice Directions applied in Syariah Court. Hence, the practice direction of writing text for grounds of judgment needs to be observed to ensure the preservation of professional values among the Syariah Judges in Syariah Court. Keywords: Professionalism, Syariah Judge, Syariah Court, Grounds of Judgment, Practice Directions