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The Judiciary is a co-equal branch of Government to the Executive and the Legislature. [ 30] Under the 1987 constitution, Judicial terms of office are out of sync with other offices such as the President of the Philippines, to promote independence. The President appoints individuals to the judiciary.
Incumbent Supreme Court Justices During the Chief Justiceship of Marcelo B. Fernan (1988-1991) Bar key: Marcos appointee Aquino appointee. Incumbent Supreme Court Justices During the Chief Justiceship of Andres R. Narvasa (1991-1998) Bar key: Marcos appointee Aquino appointee Ramos appointee Estrada appointee.
The Supreme Court (Filipino: Kataas-taasang Hukuman; [2] colloquially referred to as the Korte Suprema (also used in formal writing), is the highest court in the Philippines. The Supreme Court was established by the Second Philippine Commission on June 11, 1901 through the enactment of its Act No. 136, [3] an Act which abolished the Real ...
Website. Official Website. The chief justice of the Philippines ( Filipino: Punong Mahistrado ng Pilipinas) presides over the Supreme Court and is the highest judicial officer of the government of the Philippines. As of April 5, 2021, the position is currently held by Alexander Gesmundo, who was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte following ...
An associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines ( Filipino: Kasangguning Mahistrado ng Kataas-taasang Hukuman ng Pilipinas[ 1]) is one of fifteen members of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, the highest court in the Philippines. The chief justice presides over the high court, but carries only one of the 15 votes in the court.
The Court of Appeals ( Filipino: Hukuman ng Apelasyon[ 2]) is an appellate collegiate court in the Philippines. The Court of Appeals consists of one presiding justice and sixty-eight associate justices. Pursuant to the Constitution, the Court of Appeals "reviews not only the decisions and orders of the Regional Trial Courts awards, judgments ...
Lucas Bersamin. Lucas "Luke" Purugganan Bersamin (born October 18, 1949) is a Filipino lawyer and jurist who currently serves as the 40th Executive Secretary of the Philippines. [ 1] Bersamin previously served in the Supreme Court of the Philippines for 10 years, first as an associate justice from 2009 to 2018 and then as the 25th Chief Justice ...
Hilario Gelbolingo Davide Jr. GCSS KGCR (born December 20, 1935) is a Filipino lawyer, professor, [1] diplomat, [2] constitutionalist [3] and former politician, [4] who served as the 20th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations. [5]