A.M. No. RTJ-20-2579 – Legal Ethics – Judicial Ethics – Serious Misconduct – Gross Ignorance of the Law Political Law – Constitutional Law – Bill of Rights – Illegal Search and Seizure – Fruit of the Poisonous Tree – Exceptions; Independent Source, Inevitable Discovery – Right to Privacy of Government […]
Law on Public Officers
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G.R. No. 105111 – G.R. No. 105384 – 257 Phil. 1 – 211 SCRA 297 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Election Laws – Labo Doctrine; Second Placer Does Not Win the Election in the Event the First Placer is Disqualified After being disqualified in the previous […]
G.R. No. 204106 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Retirement – Voluntary Separation from Service; Optional Retirement Olivia Leones sued the Municipality of Bacnotan, La Union, for unpaid RATA (Representation and Time Allowance). In fact, her case reached the Supreme Court and she won the case. Unfortunately, […]
G.R. No. 111304 – 233 SCRA 310 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Public Officials Must Not Be Onion-Skinned Nemesio Yabut was then the vice mayor of Makati. He was also the head of the traffic management division of Makati. One day, Yabut was commanding traffic when […]
G.R. No. 144493 – 380 SCRA 355 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Reassignment – Security of Tenure Cristina Jenny Cariño was the appointed Accountant III at the Office of the Northern Cultural Communities (ONCC) Regional Office 1. ONCC is now known as the National Commission for […]
A.M. No. P-01-1466 – 457 Phil. 363 – 410 SCRA 282 – Political Law – Administrative Law – “Just Debts” Defined Judicial Ethics – Court Employees – High Ethical Standards Law on Public Officers – Civil Service – Duties of Public Officers In 1997, Joel Feraren, Sheriff III of the […]
G.R. No. L-25835 – 17 SCRA 231 – 123 Phil. 1080 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Vacancy of an Office In 1966, Manila Mayor Antonio Villegas appointed 500 employees to the city government. However, Commissioner Abelardo Subido of the Civil Service Commission refused to confirm the […]
G.R. No. L-6898 – 94 Phil. 903 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Abolition of a Public Office – Appointing Power Vested in the Executive Luis Manalang was the Director of the Placement Bureau. However in 1952, a law was passed by Congress abolishing the Placement Bureau […]
G.R. No. L-20864 – 118 Phil. 691 – 8 SCRA 692 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Ad Interim Appointment vs Appointment in Acting Capacity In October 1961, Valencia was designated as acting chairman of the board of directors of the National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority (NAWASA) […]
G.R. No. 124374 – G.R. No. 126354 -G.R. No. 126366 – 378 Phil. 466 – 320 SCRA 703 – 117 SCAD 352 – Law on Public Officers – Appointment in the Local Government – Appointing Power Cannot be Usurped by CSC In November 1972, Presidential Decree No. 51 was signed […]
G.R. No. 95425 – 206 SCRA 621 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Appointing Power is Discretionary In 1987, Niceforo Francisco was appointed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner as Chief Revenue Officer III. Florencio Salles, a Revenue Enforcement Officer, opposed the appointment of his […]
G.R. No. L-65439 – 140 SCRA 22 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Ad Interim Appointment In 1973, Dr. Hernani Esteban was appointed by Dr. Consuelo Blanco as the Vice-President for Administration in the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM). Esteban’s appointment was ad interim in nature […]
G.R. No. 26979 – 50 Phil. 259 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Power to Appoint is Essentially Executive Sometime in the 1900s, the National Coal Company (NCC) was created by the Philippine Congress. The law created it (Act No. 2822) provides that: “The voting power shall […]
G.R. No. 112745 – 345 Phil. 962 – 280 SCRA 713 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Career Service Appointees Must Be Removed for Valid Reasons Aquilino Larin was an Assistant Commissioner in the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). He was in charge of the office of […]
G.R. No. 145368 – 430 Phil. 658 – 167 SCAD 425 – Political Law – Law on Public Officers – Who is a Public Officer In 1991, then President Corazon Aquino created a Committee for the preparation of the National Centennial Celebration in 1998. When President Fidel Ramos took over, […]
G.R. No. 124893 – 338 Phil. 484 – 271 SCRA 767 – Law on Public Officers – Ineligibility – SK Chairman – Labo Doctrine Applied In 1996, Lynette Garvida filed her candidacy to the position of Chairman of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) of a barangay in Bangui, Ilocos Norte. Her […]