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2000-11-22 |
KAPUNAN, J. |
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| A judge should perform official duties honestly, and with impartiality and diligence.[7] He should administer justice impartially and without delay.[8] A magistrate should dispose of the court's business promptly and decide cases within the required periods.[9] For justice delayed is often justice denied, and delay in the disposition of cases erodes the faith and confidence of the public in the institutions of justice, lowers standards and brings them into disrepute.[10] It has been held that every judge must cultivate a capacity for quick decision. He must not delay by slothfulness of mind or body, the judgment which a party justly deserves.[11] For the public trust character of a judge's office imposes upon him the highest degree of responsibilty in the discharge of his obligation to promptly administer justice.[12] | |||||