September 2017 - page 22

FACTS: Ricardo Papa, Jr. and Isidro Garcia ran for the mayoral post in the May 1995 elections where the latter was proclaimed winner. Papa impugned the results of all 713 precincts in the municipality of Taguig, Metro Manila. ISSUE(S): Whether or not Judge Estrella acted in accordance with his duty as an officer of the court. HELD: NO. A judge should, in pending or prospective litigation before him, be scrupulously careful to avoid such action as may reasonably tend to waken the suspicion that his social or business relations or friendships constitute an element in determining his judicial course. He…

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FACTS: The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority filed a motion for reconsideration from the decision of the Third Division, Supreme Court, affirming the judgment of the lower courts declaring that there is a valid and perfected waste management contract between the Republic of the Philippines and Jancom Environment Corporation. ISSUE(S): Whether or not MMDA may petitino for certiorari to the Court en banc a decision promulgated by the Third Division, Supreme Court. HELD: NO. Circular No. 2-89 governing referral of cases to the Court en banc states that “[t]he Court en banc is not an Appellate Court to which decisions or…

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FACTS: On 05 May 1994, RA 7720 was signed into law converting the municipality of Santiago, Isabela into an independent component city. It was subsequently ratified by the people of Santiago on 04 Jul 1994. On 14 Feb 1998, RA 8528 was enacted changing, among others, the status of Santiago from an independent component city into a component city. ISSUE(S): Whether or not the Supreme Court has jurisdiction on justiciable questions. HELD: YES. Article VIII, Section 1 of the Constitution defines judicial power as including the duty of the courts of justice to settle actual controversies involving rights which are…

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