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2012-08-23 |
BERSAMIN, J. |
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| We have further said that a procedural rule that is amended for the benefit of litigants in furtherance of the administration of justice shall be retroactively applied to likewise favor actions then pending, as equity delights in equality.[102] We may even relax stringent procedural rules in order to serve substantial justice and in the exercise of this Court's equity jurisdiction.[103] Equity jurisdiction aims to do complete justice in cases where a court of law is unable to adapt its judgments to the special circumstances of a case because of the inflexibility of its statutory or legal jurisdiction.[104] | |||||