G.R. Nos. L-54645-76 – 213 Phil. 344 – 128 SCRA 383 – Criminal Law – Book 2 – Crimes Committed By Public Officers – RA 3019 – Preventive Suspension Not a Penalty Reynaldo Bayot was an auditor for the Commission on Audit. He was allegedly involved in certain anomalous […]
Yearly Archives: 2014
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G.R. No. 151978 – 478 Phil. 606 – 434 SCRA 467 – Criminal Law – Mitigating Circumstances – Article 64, Revised Penal Code – Presence of two mitigating circumstances; no aggravating circumstances – Combining the mitigating circumstances in paragraphs 4, 5, and 6 of Article 13 of the Revised […]
G.R. No. 80609 – 247 Phil. 641 – 164 SCRA 671 – Labor Law – Post-Employment – Termination – Just and Authorized Causes – Separation Pay; When not available – Equity Marilyn Abucay has been an employee of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) for ten years when it was discovered […]
G.R. No. 77368 – 45 SCAD 173 – Criminal Law – Continuing Crimes – Fencing is not a continuing crime In 1985, a robbery was committed in Quezon City where jewelries worth millions were stolen. The said jewelries were later found in the possession of a certain Danilo Alcantara […]
G.R. No. 157171 – 519 Phil. 591 – 484 SCRA 617 – Criminal Law – Book 1 – Felonies – Mala In Se vs Mala Prohibita Crimes – Defense of Good Faith In 1995, Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., ran for the senatorial elections. Meanwhile, in Alaminos, Pangasinan, Arsenia Garcia was […]
Under Rule 14 of the Rules of Court, service of summons is to be in writing and served personally to the defendant. And by “personally” the rule means it should be served physically. There must be an actual paper notice sent to the defendant. Just recently, I came […]
G.R. No. 78953 – 276 Phil. 914 – 199 SCRA 825 – Taxation Law – NIRC Remedies – 50% Penalty for Fraudulent Returns In 1977, Victoria Javier received a $1 Million remittance in her bank account from her sister abroad, Dolores Ventosa. Melchor Javier, Jr., the husband of Victoria […]
G.R. No. 166387 – 596 Phil. 229 – 576 SCRA 212 – Taxation Law – NIRC Remedies – Assessment – Assessment Notice – Content of Formal Assessment Notice In 1997, Enron Subic Power Corporation received a pre-assessment notice from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). Enron allegedly had a tax deficiency […]
G.R. No. L-6093 – 94 Phil. 387 – Taxation Law – Basic Principles – Scope and Limitation of Taxation – Equal Protection Clause In 1946, the municipal council of Cordova, Cebu issued an ordinance which imposed, among others, an annual tax of P150.00 upon the occupation or the exercise […]
G.R. No. 158261 – 540 Phil. 142 – 511 SCRA 123 – Mercantile Law – General Banking Law – Liquidation of Banking Institutions In 1986, the Rural Bank of Bokod (Benguet), Inc. (RBBI) was investigated by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the latter found out that RBBI […]
G.R. No. L-46720 – 70 Phil. 325 – Mercantile Law – Corporation Law – Shares of Stock – Situs of Shares of Stock In September 1932, Birdie Lillian Eye died in Los Angeles, California, USA which was also her place of domicile. She left various properties. Among those properties […]
G.R. No. 209287 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Separation of Powers – Fund Realignment – Constitutionality of the Disbursement Acceleration Program Power of the Purse – Executive Impoundment When President Benigno Aquino III took office, his administration noticed the sluggish growth of the economy. The World Bank […]
The corporate officers and directors of a private recruitment company engaged in illegal recruitment are not automatically liable There must first be a finding that they were remiss in directing the affairs of that company G.R. No. 152642 – 698 Phil. 454 – 685 SCRA 245 – Labor […]
G.R. No. 186412 – 672 Phil. 712 – 657 SCRA 270 – Criminal Law – Criminal Liability – Proximate Cause – Efficient Intervening Cause On January 22, 2002, Danilo Cruz went to a sari-sari store to buy bread. Out of nowhere, Orlito Villacorta appeared and thereafter stabbed the left […]
G.R. No. 208566 – 721 Phil. 416 – 710 SCRA 1 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Local Government – Invalid Delegation – Congressional Pork Barrel is Unconstitutional Legislative Department – Invalid Delegation of Legislative Power This case is consolidated with G.R. No. 208493 and G.R. No. 209251. The so-called pork […]