Supreme Court

1. Composition 1 Chief Justice and 14 Associate Justice. The Supreme Court shall be composed of a Chief Justice and fourteen (14) Associate Justices. It may sit en banc or in its discretion, in divisions of three, five, or seven Members. Any vacancy shall be filled within ninety days from the occurrence thereof. (Section 4[1],…

1. Concept a. Constitutional and statutory qualifications In general. A Member of the Judiciary must be a person of proven competence, integrity, probity, and independence. (Section 7[3], Article VIII, 1987 Constitution) Constitutional Qualifications: Supreme Court No person shall be appointed Member of the Supreme Court unless he is: 1) A natural-born citizen of the Philippines;…

1. Judicial Independence Recognizing the vital role that the Judiciary plays in our system of government as the sole repository of judicial power, with the power to determine whether any act of any branch or instrumentality of the government is attended with grave abuse of discretion, no less than the Constitution provides a number of…

1. Requisites Requisites for the exercise of the power of judicial review: 1) There must be an actual case or justiciable controversy before this Court; 2) The question before this Court must be ripe for adjudication; 3) The person challenging the act must be a proper party; and 4) The issue of constitutionality must be…

1. Duty of courts Judicial power. Judicial power – includes the duty of the courts of justice to settle actual controversies involving rights which are legally demandable and enforceable, and to determine whether or not there has been a grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction on the part of any…