Category: Supreme Court Decisions

SECOND DIVISION [ G.R. No. 257805. April 12, 2023 ] LEE SAKING Y ANNIBAN @ LEE SAKING SANNIBAN, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N LOPEZ, J., J.: This Court resolves a Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, filed by…

SECOND DIVISION [ G.R. No. 206005. April 12, 2023 ] SURVIVORS OF AGRICHEMICALS IN GENSAN (SAGING), INC. WITH ITS CHAIRPERSON ARTURO G. LUARDO AND ITS MEMBERS, PETITIONERS, VS. STANDARD FRUIT COMPANY, STANDARD FRUIT AND STEAMSHIP, CO., DOLE FOOD COMPANY INC., DOLE FRESH FRUIT COMPANY, INC., DEL MONTE FRESH PRODUCE N.A. INC., AND DEL MONTE TROPICAL…

SECOND DIVISION [ G.R. No. 240126. April 12, 2023 ] JAMEL M. ADOMA, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N LEONEN, SAJ.: For a hot pursuit arrest to be valid, police officers must have personal knowledge of facts, based on their observation, that the person sought to…

THIRD DIVISION [ G.R. No. 213640. April 12, 2023 ] LUCIA MANUEL Y CADIZ, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N GAERLAN, J.: For resolution before this Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the Revised Rules of Court assailing the Decision[2]…

THIRD DIVISION [ G.R. No. 247002. April 12, 2023 ] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JUN VILLEGAS @ “PEDRITO” BASIGNA, UDEBS GONZALES, AND KENNETH MATIAS Y ANGLO, ACCUSED, KENNETH MATIAS Y ANGLO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N DIMAAMPAO, J.: Challenged in this Appeal[1] is the Decision[2] of the Court of…

THIRD DIVISION [ G.R. No. 257697. April 12, 2023 ] SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 259446] COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, PETITIONER, VS. SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N SINGH, J.: This case prompts the Court to revisit the doctrine laid down in…

THIRD DIVISION [ G.R. No. 248004. April 12, 2023 ] ROSA A. CASTAÑETO, PETITIONER, VS. SPS. ERNESTO ADAME AND MERCEDES GANSANGAN,* RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N INTING, J.: Before the Court is a Petition[1] for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court seeking to reverse and set…

SECOND DIVISION [ G.R. No. 265153. April 12, 2023 ] ILOILO GRAIN COMPLEX CORPORATION, PETITIONER VS. HON. MA. THERESA N. ENRIQUEZ-GASPAR, IN HER CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF RTC-ILOILO CITY, BRANCH 33, AND NATIONAL GRID CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. D E C I S I O N LAZARO-JAVIER, J.: The CaseThis Petition for Certiorari…

THIRD DIVISION [ G.R. Nos. 255324 & 255353. April 12, 2023 ] COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, PETITIONER, VS. TOLEDO POWER COMPANY, RESPONDENT. D E C I S I O N DIMAAMPAO, J.: Via this Petition for Review on Certiorari,[1] the Commissioner of Internal Revenue (petitioner) assails the Decision[2] and the Resolution[3] of the Court of…

EN BANC [ A.M. No. 21-06-20-SC. April 11, 2023 ] RE: DISTURBING SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS OF LAWYERS/LAW PROFESSORS, D E C I S I O N PER CURIAM: Antecedents By Resolution[1] dated June 29, 2021, the Court, motu proprio, required Atty. Noel V. Antay, Jr. (Atty. Antay, Jr.), Atty. Ernesto A. Tabujara III (Atty. Tabujara),…