Grossly abusive conduct of a spouse against the other spouse is a ground for legal separation of a married couple, the Supreme Court (SC) ruled. In a decision, the SC said that grossly abusive conduct are acts which result in a hostile and intimidating environment for the other spouse, their...
The Supreme Court (SC) asked President Marcos to comment in 10 days on a petition to compel him to submit himself to physical and mental health examinations. The examinations sought from the President included a hair follicle test to determine a habitual or long-term illegal drug use. The...
The Supreme Court (SC) has reiterated that the crime of cyber libel prescribes in one year from the time the alleged defamatory online post is discovered by the offended party. In a resolution written by Associate Justice Henri Jean Paul B. Inting and made public last April 20, the SC said that...
he Supreme Court (SC) will resume starting at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 21, the oral arguments on four petitions that challenged the constitutionality of the unprogrammed funds and special accounts in the 2024, 2025, and 2026 national budgets. Expected to present their arguments are the House of...
Loud noises from a school such as those from drums and bugles, teachers speaking through microphones and megaphones, and students cheering and shouting are not considered nuisances that may subject a school to damages. In a decision, the SC ruled that academic noise and sounds from legitimate...
The Supreme Court (SC) has been asked to compel Executive Secretary Ralph G. Recto to disclose publicly the “true state of the physical and mental health” of President Marcos in line with the provision of the Constitution. The petition for a writ of mandamus was filed by the United People’s...
The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the petition filed by contractor Sarah C. Discaya who challenged the Office of the Ombudsman’s resolution that found probable cause to file graft and non-bailable malversation of public funds in the “ghost” P96.5 million flood control project in Davao...
The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered an immediate stop to quarrying activities within the Angat River-Bustos Dam Forest Reserve in Banaban, Angat, Bulacan. In a temporary environment protection order (TEPO) issued under the Writ of Kalikasan, the SC also ordered an immediate stop to excavation, earth...
The Supreme Court (SC) did not issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) that could have immediately stopped the ongoing impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte. Instead, the SC directed the filing of a comment from respondents within a non-extendible period of 10 days from...
Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to stop the impeachment proceedings against her before the House of Representatives (HOR) on the ground of unconstitutionality. In her petition dated last March 30, Duterte told the SC: “The impeachment proceedings against the...
The Supreme Court (SC) will hold starting Tuesday, April 7, oral arguments on four consolidated petitions that challenged the constitutionality of the unprogrammed funds and special accounts in the 2024, 2025, and 2026 national budgets. The arguments will start at 9:30 a.m. at the SC’s full court...
Due to the mootness of the issue raised, the Supreme Court (SC) dismissed the petition filed by former presidential spokesperson Harry L. Roque who challenged the contempt citation and arrest order issued against him by the then House of Representatives’ (HOR) Quad Committee (Quad-comm). Roque...
