SC rules emotional detachment valid ground to nullify marriage
A spouse’s inability to love or emotionally connect—when rooted in a genuine personality disorder—may be considered psychological incapacity and used as legal…
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A spouse’s inability to love or emotionally connect—when rooted in a genuine personality disorder—may be considered psychological incapacity and used as legal…
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The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that a victim’s admission of being in a relationship with her abuser does not imply consent to sex, emphasizing that clear and…
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Garcia also said they want to see the effect of the High Court’s decision before and after the elections.
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Asking Congress to plug electoral loopholes is like asking a fox to redesign the henhouse.
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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it is set to appeal to the Supreme Court (SC) following its recent ruling that second placers in local elections…
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Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo has assured court stenographers they will not lose their jobs due to the Supreme Court’s full deployment of…
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Penal laws shall have retroactive effect if they are favorable to the accused, even if final judgment has not yet been rendered.
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The Supreme Court (SC) directed Camarines Norte Rep. Joefina Tallado to explain why she should not be held for indirect contempt of court, requesting a…
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The Supreme Court has ruled that second placers in local elections cannot be proclaimed as winners when the leading candidate is disqualified, reaffirming that…
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The Supreme Court has finalized the list of local testing centers for the 2025 Bar Examinations, confirming 14 sites across the country where aspiring lawyers…
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The Supreme Court has ruled that employers must prove salary payments made through banks by showing that payroll records were submitted to and received by the…
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The Supreme Court will begin transitioning to a fully digital filing system starting 1 July 2025, as it rolls out the initial phase of mandatory e-filing for…
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The United States Supreme Court has handed down a landmark decision upholding a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender…
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Melco Resorts Leisure (PHP) Corporation may have filed its value-added tax (VAT) refund claim on time, but the Supreme Court ultimately ruled that it was not…
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Is this principle a hard-and-fast rule? No exception? In the present case, the Supreme Court held that res judicata does not apply if the first judgment is…
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Atty. Israelito Torreon and other lawyers have filed a supplemental petition with the Supreme Court urging the tribunal to stop the impeachment proceedings…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is expected to name Court Administrator Raul B. Villanueva as his first appointee to the Supreme Court (SC), replacing Justice…
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Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo administered the oath of Associate Justice Raul B. Villanueva, joined by his family, on 10 June 2025 at the Supreme Court…
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