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2014-07-21 |
DEL CASTILLO, J. |
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| Moreover, "[f]actual findings of administrative bodies charged with their specific field of expertise, are afforded great weight by the courts, and in the absence of substantial showing that such findings were made from an erroneous estimation of the evidence presented, they are conclusive, and in the interest of stability of the governmental structure, should not be disturbed."[31] | |||||
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2014-07-02 |
DEL CASTILLO, J. |
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| It must be said as well that "[f]actual findings of administrative bodies charged with their specific field of expertise, are afforded great weight by the courts, and in the absence of substantial showing that such findings were made from an erroneous estimation of the evidence presented, they are conclusive, and in the interest of stability of the governmental structure, should not be disturbed."[45] | |||||
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2014-02-03 |
DEL CASTILLO, J. |
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| In sum, the CA committed grave abuse of discretion when it extended underserved and unwarranted liberality to private respondent. "There is grave abuse of discretion when there is an evasion of a positive duty or a virtual refusal to perform a duty enjoined by law or to act in contemplation of law as when the judgment rendered is not based on law and evidence but on caprice, whim and despotism x x x."[38] Such is present here as shown by the CA's obstinate refusal to dismiss the case despite the late filing of the motion for extension and the flimsy excuse for the extension sought, the late filing of the petition and the numerous infirmities attending the same, and private respondent's continued defiance of its directive. These circumstances serve to highlight private respondent's propensity to disregard the very rules that the courts, the litigants and the lawyers are duty-bound to follow. | |||||