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BONIFACIO M. MEJILLANO v. ENRIQUE LUCILLO

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	GR Nos. 183152-54 2015-01-21	REYNALDO H. JAYLO v. SANDIGANBAYAN SERENO, C.J.
Like an appeal, the right to file a motion for reconsideration is a statutory grant or privilege. As a statutory right, the filing of a motion for reconsideration is to be exercised in accordance with and in the manner provided by law. Thus, a party filing a motion for reconsideration must strictly comply with the requisites laid down in the Rules of Court.[50]
	GR No. 165575 2011-02-02	ADELIA C. MENDOZA v. UNITED COCONUT PLANTERS BANK PERALTA, J.
The right to appeal is neither a natural right nor a part of due process; it is merely a statutory privilege, and may be exercised only in the manner and in accordance with the provisions of law.[28] An appeal being a purely statutory right, an appealing party must strictly comply with the requisites laid down in the Rules of Court.[29]
	GR No. 187984 2010-11-15	FRANCISCO A. LABAO v. LOLITO N. FLORES BRION, J.
Time and again, we have stressed that procedural rules do not exist for the convenience of the litigants; the rules were established primarily to provide order to, and enhance the efficiency of, our judicial system.[16] While procedural rules 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.[17] The timeliness of filing a pleading is a jurisdictional caveat that even this Court cannot trifle with.[18]
	GR No. 185567 2010-10-20	ARSENIO Z. LOCSIN v. NISSAN LEASE PHILS. INC. BRION, J.
Our ruling in Mejillano v. Lucillo[36] stands for the proposition that we should strictly apply the rules of procedure. We said: Time and again, we have ruled that procedural rules do not exist for the convenience of the litigants. Rules of Procedure exist for a purpose, and to disregard such rules in the guise of liberal construction would be to defeat such purpose. Procedural rules were established primarily to provide order to and enhance the efficiency of our judicial system. [Emphasis supplied.]
	GR No. 187104 2010-08-03	SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY v. EVANGELINE C. COBARRUBIAS BRION, J.
Procedural rules do not exist for the convenience of the litigants; the rules were established primarily to provide order to and enhance the efficiency of our judicial system.[50] While procedural rules 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.[51]