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2011-01-24 |
DEL CASTILLO, J. |
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| As to petitioner's invocation of liberal application of the rules, we cannot heed the same. "It is true that litigation is not a game of technicalities and that the rules of procedure should not be strictly followed in the interest of substantial justice. However, it does not mean that the Rules of Court may be ignored at will. It bears emphasizing that procedural rules should not be belittled or dismissed simply because their non-observance may have resulted in prejudice to a party's substantial rights. Like all rules, they are required to be followed except only for the most persuasive of reasons."[25] | |||||