The Supreme Court has affirmed the dismissal of a former lawyer in the then Office of the Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs for grave misconduct and serious dishonesty after being found in possession of the missing case records in connection with the murder...
The Supreme Court has ruled that even a minimal change in the receipts recording the movement of seized drugs is fatal to the integrity of the chain of custody in drug cases. Thus held the Supreme Court’s Second Division, in a Decision penned by Senior Associate...
Similar with the Formal Assessment Notice (FAN), the personal delivery of the Notice of Informal Conference (NIC) and the Preliminary Assessment Notice (PAN) must be served only upon the taxpayer or his/her duly authorized representatives. This was the ruling of the...
The Supreme Court has dismissed the petition for indirect contempt filed by Datu Andal Ampatuan, Jr. (Andal) against ABS-CBN Corporation (ABS-CBN) and ABS-CBN reporter Jorge Cariño (Cariño). In a Decision penned by Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen, the...
The consent of the adopter’s legitimate children, who are at least 10 years old, is required for a petition for adoption to prosper. Thus reiterated the Supreme Court’s Third Division, in a Decision penned by Associate Justice Maria Filomena D. Singh, as it denied the...
