The Supreme Court (SC) announced the passing today, March 13, of retired Associate Justice Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura.
Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo said the SC and the entire judiciary “offer our sincere and deep condolences and prayers.”
“Justice Nachura will always be remembered as one of those few who served in the highest levels of all three branches of the government,” Gesmundo said.
Justice Nachura served at the SC from 2007 to 2011; as undersecretary of the then Department of Education, Culture and Sports, now Department of Education and solicitor general; and a two-term member of the House of Representatives where he was chairperson of the Committee on Higher and Technical Education.
During his SC stint, Justice Nachura disposed of about 1,690 cases and wrote 640 full length decisions and resolutions, the SC’s public information office (PIO) said.
He served as chairperson of the SC’s committee on Legal Education and Bar Matters, the Sub-Committee on the Revision of the Rules on Special Proceedings, the Sub-Committee on the Internal Rules, and the 2009 bar examinations.
He finished his law degree at the then San Beda College and garnered seventh place in the 1967 bar examinations.