Looking for Legal Justice: Criticizing the Verdict of Nomor 37/Pid.Sus/2020/PN.Ttn Tapak Tuan District Court on Domestic Violence

This study was conducted to examine a judge's decision in a criminal case of domestic violence against a child, with the goal of analyzing how the judge's decision was consistent with Law Number 23 of 2004 concerning the Elimination of Domestic Violence and Qanun Number 9 of 2019 concerning the Implementation of Handling Violence Against Women and Children, while also taking into account moral aspects and benefits. This research is a doctrinal study that uses a case study approach to criticize judicial rulings. The objective of this approach is to examine court rulings, namely the Tapak Tuan District Court Judge's Decision Number 37/Pid.Sus/2020/PN. Ttn, in order to comprehend how the law is applied in actual circumstances. The data sources were obtained from court decisions, the Marriage Act, and several important regulations related to the problems of this study. To strengthen the analysis, this study also used several research results and several articles obtained from various journals, so that the analysis carried out was sharp and precise.This research argues that in Decision Number 37/Pid.Sus/2020/PN.Ttn, the judge's considerations are only formal, following what is in the law alone. In this decision, the judge seems to ignore the material aspect, as can be seen in the judge's considerations in the decision. This is in line with the opinion of Member Judge II and the concurring opinion of the panel of judges in the decision. However, decision Number 37/Pid.Sus/2020/PN.Ttn needs to be appreciated, realizing that the judge's task is very difficult because he not only considers legal interests in deciding the case at hand but also considers the sense of justice for the community to realize legal certainty.