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2014-09-23 |
PER CURIAM |
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| This administrative complaint was filed by the Court En Banc after investigation into certain allegations that surfaced during the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Hearing indicated prima facie violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct by an Associate Justice of the Sandiganbayan. The investigation was conducted motu proprio pursuant to the Court's power of administrative supervision over members of the Judiciary.[1] | |||||
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2013-12-11 |
BRION, J. |
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| However, this liberal policy should still be subject to rules of reason and fairplay. The liberality of procedural rules is qualified by two requirements: (1) a party should adequately explain any delay in the submission of evidence; and (2) a party should sufficiently prove the allegations sought to be proven.[30] The reason for these requirements is that the liberal application of the rules before quasi-judicial agencies cannot be used to perpetuate injustice and hamper the just resolution of the case. Neither is the rule on liberal construction a license to disregard the rules of procedure.[31] | |||||
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2009-06-19 |
QUISUMBING, J. |
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| Time and again, we have ruled that procedural rules do not exist for the convenience of the litigants.[24] Rules of Procedure exist for a purpose, and to disregard such rules in the guise of liberal construction would be to defeat such purpose.[25] Procedural rules were established primarily to provide order to and enhance the efficiency of our judicial system.[26] It has been jurisprudentially held that, while the rules of procedure are liberally construed, the provisions on reglementary periods are strictly applied, indispensable as they are to the prevention of needless delays, and are necessary to the orderly and speedy discharge of judicial business.[27] | |||||
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2007-06-19 |
CHICO-NAZARIO, J. |
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| Without doubt, to allow the appeal of the respondent as what the Court of Appeals had done and remand the case to the NLRC would only result in delay to the detriment of the petitioner. In Narag v. National Labor Relations Commission,[38] citing Vir-Jen Shipping and Marine Services, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Commission,[39] we held that delay in most instances gives the employers more opportunity not only to prepare even ingenious defenses, what with well-paid talented lawyers they can afford, but even to wear out the efforts and meager resources of the workers, to the point that not infrequently the latter either give up or compromise for less than what is due them.[40] | |||||
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2005-07-29 |
AZCUNA, J. |
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| The term "Residents" mentioned in item c above shall refer to individuals who, by virtue of domicile or employment, reside on permanent basis within the freeport area. The term excludes (1) non-residents who have entered into short- or long-term property lease inside the freeport, (2) outsiders engaged in doing business within the freeport, and (3) members of private clubs (e.g., yacht and golf clubs) based or located within the freeport. In this regard, duty free privileges granted to any of the above individuals (e.g., unlimited shopping privilege, tax-free importation of cars, etc.) are hereby revoked.[23] A perusal of the above provisions indicates that effective January 1, 1999, the grant of duty-free shopping privileges to domestic tourists and to residents living adjacent to SSEZ and the CSEZ had been revoked. Residents of the fenced-in area of the free port are still allowed unlimited purchase of consumer goods, "as long as these are for consumption within these freeports." Hence, the only individuals allowed by law to shop in the duty-free outlets and remove consumer goods out of the free ports tax-free are tourists and Filipinos traveling to or returning from foreign destinations, and Overseas Filipino Workers and Balikbayans as defined under Republic Act No. 6768.[24] | |||||