Prayers/demands in a civil claim must be based on and supported by legal facts that are clearly described in the claim so that there appears to be a relationship between the legal facts and the prayers. If the relationship does not exist, then the claim is obscure and unclear (obscuur libel), so the claim must be declared UNACCEPTABLE. In this case it turns out that prayer no. 6 demanded monetary compensation as a result of the loss of profits to be obtained, but it was not supported by legal facts no. 5 which states the purpose of this lawsuit is about unlawful act carried out by the defendant. Here it appears that there is no relationship between the legal facts and the prayer so that the claim becomes vague and unclear.

 Supreme Court Decision No. 720 K/Pdt/1997 dated March 9, 1999

Regards,

Fredrik J. Pinakunary