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METRO RAIL TRANSIT CORPORATION v. CTA

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	GR No. 168848 2009-06-30	HEIRS OF LATE JOSE DE LUZURIAGA v. REPUBLIC THRU OFFICE OF SOLICITOR GENERAL VELASCO JR., J.
While the reglementary periods fixed under the rules for relief from judgment are mandatory in character,[26] procedural rules of the most mandatory character in terms of compliance may, in the interest of substantial justice, be relaxed.[27] Since rules of procedure are mere tools designed to facilitate the attainment of justice, they are not to be applied with severity and rigidity when such application would clearly defeat the very rationale for their existence. In line with this postulate, the Court can and will relax or altogether suspend the application of the rules, or except a particular case from the rules' operation when their rigid application tends to frustrate rather than promote the ends of justice.[28]
	GR No. 170606 2007-11-23	LCK INDUSTRIES INC. v. PLANTERS DEVELOPMENT BANK CHICO-NAZARIO, J.
It is the policy of the Court to afford party-litigants the amplest opportunity to enable them to have their cases justly determined, free from constraints of technicalities. Since the rules of procedures are mere tools designed to facilitate the attainment of justice, it is well recognized that this Court is empowered to suspend its operation, or except a particular case from its operation, when the rigid application thereof tends to frustrate rather promote the ends of justice.[50]
	GR NO. 149508 2007-10-10	SPS. RICARDO AND LEONILA DE LOS SANTOS v. MA. SOCORRO V. VDA. DE MANGUBAT AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.
However, considering that rules of procedure are mere tools designed to facilitate the attainment of justice, it is well-recognized that the Supreme Court is empowered to suspend its operation, when the rigid application thereof tends to frustrate rather than to promote the ends of justice.[30]
	GR NO. 170232 2006-12-05	VETTE INDUSTRIAL SALES CO. v. SUI SOAN S. CHENG YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.
It is the policy of the Court to afford party-litigants the amplest opportunity to enable them to have their cases justly determined, free from the constraints of technicalities.[41] It should be remembered that rules of procedure are but tools designed to facilitate the attainment of justice, such that when rigid application of the rules tend to frustrate rather than promote substantial justice, this Court is empowered to suspend their operation.[42]