The Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed the Court of Tax Appeals’ (CTA) 2022 decision that denied the P136.4 million refund sought by Oceanagold (Philippines), Inc. from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for alleged erroneously paid excise taxes from June to December 2014. Also affirmed by the SC...
The Supreme Court (SC) has adopted guidelines in the handling by law enforcers of firearms and ammunition confiscated during implementation of arrest warrants or those seized during warrantless arrests to safeguard against substitution or planting of evidence. Under the guidelines, the SC said that...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano and eight other senators asked the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday, June 16, to declare null and void all the resolutions passed by 12 senators, led by Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, during their June 3 session. In a petition, Cayetano and his group also asked the SC to...
The Supreme Court (SC) dismissed for lack of legal standing the petition filed to declare legal and constitutional the quorum of 12 senators during their session last June 3. Dismissed during the SC’s full court session on Wednesday, June 10, was the petition filed by John Barry T. Tayam -- a...
The Supreme Court (SC) will celebrate its 125th anniversary tomorrow, June 11, with a whole-day activities starting at 9 a.m. Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo will lead the celebration that will start with a mass at the SC’s quadrangle on Padre Faura Street in Ermita, Manila. President Marcos...
Court operations in areas affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Mindanao are suspended today, June 8. The Supreme Court (SC) said the situation in the affected areas is continuously being monitored. Suspended are operations in all courts within the jurisdiction of Zamboanga City in Judicial...
The Supreme Court (SC) has launched its commemorative Beep Cards and opened a Gift Shop at its main building in Ermita, Manila in celebration of its 125th anniversary on June 11. President Marcos had earlier declared that the month of June starting this year will be celebrated as “Judiciary...
The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday, June 2, acknowledged the need to urgently resolve the petitions that challenged the constitutionality of the unprogrammed funds and special accounts in the 2024, 2025, and 2026 national budgets. During the resumption of the oral arguments on Tuesday, June 2,...
A wife’s domineering, nonchalant, controlling attitude, gossip mongering, and other “grossly abusive conduct” that create a hostile and intimidating environment for her husband can serve as grounds for legal separation. Vice-versa, such “grossly abusive conduct” of a husband can also...
A total of 796 examinees – 529 female and 267 male -- finished the two-day Shari’ah Special Bar Examinations (SSBE) administered by the Supreme Court (SC) last May 24 and 27 in four testing centers. SSBE Chairperson and Associate Justice Henri Jean Paul B. Inting said the examinations were...
The Supreme Court (SC) will resume starting at 9:30 a.m. on June 2 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. After June 2, the oral arguments have been scheduled on June 9...
About 800 aspiring Muslim lawyers will be back to four testing centers at 8 a.m. today, Wednesday, May 27, for the second and last day of the 2026 Shari’ah Special Bar Examinations (SSBE). The examinations are being conducted in four testing centers – New Era University (NEU) in Quezon City,...
