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2010-05-06 |
LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J. |
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| There were cases in which the Court did not strictly apply the Rules, imposing fines well-below those prescribed. The Court only imposed a fine of P1,000.00 for a judge's delay of nine months in resolving complainant's Amended Formal Offer of Exhibits, after finding that there was no malice in the delay and that the delay, was caused by the complainant himself.[25] In another case, a judge was fined P1,000.00 for his failure to act on two civil cases and one criminal case for an unreasonable period of time.[26] The Court also imposed a fine of P5,000.00 on a judge, who was suffering from cancer, for his failure to decide five cases within the reglementary period and to resolve pending incidents in nine cases;[27] and on another judge, who had "end stage renal disease secondary to nephrosclerosis" and died barely a year after his retirement, for his failure to decide several criminal and civil cases submitted for decision or resolution and to act on the pending incidents in over a hundred criminal and civil cases assigned to the two branches he was presiding.[28] | |||||
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2006-10-19 |
PANGANIBAN, CJ |
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| The disorderly affairs of the court further showed that Judge Bugtas was grossly inefficient. Proper court management is the responsibility of judges. As the top administrative officers of the court, they should organize and supervise personnel to ensure the prompt and efficient dispatch of business. Moreover, they should "require at all times the observance of high standards of public service and fidelity."[6] | |||||