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2005-01-17 |
YNARES-SANTIAGO, J. |
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| Members of the bench have always been reminded that the unreasonable delay in resolving a pending incident is a violation of the norms of judicial conduct and constitutes a ground for administrative sanction against the defaulting magistrate.[13] The need to decide cases promptly and expeditiously has been consistently impressed upon judges on the principle that justice delayed is justice denied.[14] Delay in the disposition of cases erodes the faith and confidence of our people in the judiciary, lowers its standards and brings it into disrepute.[15] Inability to decide a case within the required period is not excusable and constitutes gross inefficiency[16] warranting the imposition of administrative sanctions on them.[17] | |||||