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The Supreme Court (Filipino: Kataas-taasang Hukuman; [2] colloquially referred to as the Korte Suprema (also used in formal writing), is the highest court in the Philippines. The Supreme Court was established by the Second Philippine Commission on June 11, 1901 through the enactment of its Act No. 136, [3] an Act which abolished the Real ...
3.14 Incumbent Supreme Court Justices During the Chief Justiceship of Claudio Teehankee Sr. (1986–1988) 3.15 Incumbent Supreme Court Justices During the Chief Justiceship of Pedro L. Yap (1988) 3.16 Incumbent Supreme Court Justices During the Chief Justiceship of Marcelo B. Fernan (1988–1991)
An associate justice of the Supreme Court (Filipino: Kasangguning Mahistrado ng Kataas-taasang Hukuman [1]) is one of fifteen members of the Supreme Court, the highest court in the Philippines. The chief justice presides over the high court, but carries only one of the 15 votes in the court.
Hugo E. Gutierrez Jr. (January 29, 1927 [1] – June 12, 2013) was a Filipino jurist and civil liberties advocate. Gutierrez served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from May 14, 1982 until March 31, 1993, [2] when he resigned because of plagiarism that dealt with a decision in a Supreme Court Case between Eastern Telecommunications Philippines and PLDT.
In August 2010, Sereno was appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, its 169th member and the first appointee to the high court by President Benigno Aquino III. Sereno, the 13th woman appointed as justice of the Supreme Court, was the youngest appointee to the court since Manuel Moran in 1945 until Marvic Leonen ...
To provide context, Ombudsman spent a cumulative of 17 years in the judiciary: as judge in the Regional Trial Court (Agoo, La Union), Justice of the Sandiganbayan (Anti-Graft Court) and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. The said increase in the amount of his net worth in the SALN was on account of his retirement benefits.
Soon, the Supreme Court under the then 1973 Constitution took over the administrative supervision of all lower courts from the DOJ. The succeeding 1987 Constitution upheld it. It became the Ministry of Justice once more in 1973 during Martial Law , continuing in that form until 1987, when the return to a presidential form of government as ...
Alexander Gahon Gesmundo (born November 6, 1956) is serving as the chief justice of the Philippines since April 5, 2021. He replaced Diosdado Peralta , who retired early on March 27, 2021. [ 1 ] He previously served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court from 2017 to 2021.