G.R. No. 239576, June 30, 2021 It is well-established that a contract is the law between the parties. Obligations arising from contracts have the force of law between the contracting parties and should be complied with in good faith.29 “Unless the stipulations in a contract are contrary to law, morals, good customs, public order, or public […]
G.R. No. 230299. April 26, 2023 xxx It is true that in Disini v. Secretary of Justice,59 the majority of this Court said that “cyber libel is. . . not a new crime”;60 hence, an allegedly libelous Facebook post made before the enactment of the Cybercrime Prevention Act can be prosecuted under the libel provisions of the Revised […]
Under the Civil Code, when the brothers and sisters of a deceased married sister survive with her widower, the latter shall be entitled by law to one-half of the inheritance and the brothers and sisters to the other half. The Civil Code likewise states that this successional right of the legal heirs is vested in them from the very moment of the decedent's death.
May 30, 2024 Affected provisions of Rule 112 (Preliminary Investigation) of the 2000 Revised Rules on Criminal Procedure will be deemed repealed once the 2024 Department of Justice (DOJ)-National Prosecution Service (NPS) Rules on Preliminary Investigations and Inquest Proceedings (2024 DOJ-NPS Rules) are promulgated by the DOJ. This was the ruling of the Supreme Court En Banc in a Resolution penned […]
The authority of the officer in filing an Information has nothing to do with the ultimate facts which describe the charges against the accused.
A preliminary investigation is merely inquisitorial. It is often the only means of discovering the persons who may be reasonably charged with a crime, to enable the prosecutor to prepare his Complaint or Information. It is not a trial of the case on the merits and has no objective except that of determining whether a […]
In a number of cases, the Court has defined the line between the accountability of government lawyers as members of the bar and as public officials. In Trovela vs. Robles, the Court has held that the IBP has no jurisdiction to investigate government lawyers charged with administrative offense in the exercise of their official duties and functions. […]