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2015-11-16 |
BRION, J. |
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| No less than the Constitution requires that cases at the trial court level be resolved within three (3) months from the date they are submitted for decision, that is, upon the filing of the last pleading, brief, or memorandum required by the Rules of Court or by the court itself.[11] This three-month or ninety-day period is mandatory[12] and failure to comply can subject the judge to disciplinary action. | |||||
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2014-08-13 |
VELASCO JR., J. |
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| The interpretation offered by BCDA is, therefore, unacceptable. Between procedural guidelines promulgated by an agency pursuant to its rule-making power and a condition unilaterally designed and imposed for the implementation of the same, the former must prevail. BCDA does not wield any rule-making power such that it can validly alter or abandon a clear and definite provision in the NEDA JV Guidelines under the guise of a condition under the TOR. As We have time and again harped, the ones duty-bound to ensure observance with laws and rules should not be the ones to depart therefrom.[41] A contrary rule would open the floodgates to abuses and anomalies more detrimental to public interest.[42] For how can others be expected to respect the rule of law if the very persons or entities tasked to administer laws and their implementing rules and regulations are the first to violate them, blatantly or surreptitiously? | |||||
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2004-01-28 |
TINGA, J, |
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| Petitioner also misconstrues this Court's ruling in Balagot, supra. The gist of that ruling, echoed in numerous cases,[30] is that a judge cannot plead the lack of the TSN to excuse delay in the rendition of judgment. Thus, judges are advised to take down notes during the trial. Balagot and similar cases did not make note-taking mandatory upon judges, who may, at their own risk, choose not to take down notes. In the event the stenographic notes are not transcribed and, as a result, the judge incurs delay in rendering judgment, he faces administrative sanction - not for failure to take down notes but for delay in the rendition of judgment. | |||||
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2003-01-31 |
PARDO, J. |
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| As to his assertion that the Court unfairly attributed to him the unloading of cases to the other divisions,[31] we made no such accusation. This is what we said:[32] | |||||
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2002-01-31 |
PARDO, J. |
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| As to his assertion that the Court unfairly attributed to him the unloading of cases to the other divisions,[31] we made no such accusation. This is what we said:[32] | |||||