The Court didn't need to create a human rights committee, says CA Justice Apolinario Bruselas. It earns him a sharp response from Chief Justice Gesmundo: Is human rights not priority?
Under Gesmundo, Supreme Court will revise rules on warrants and writs
Jun 11, 2021 6:11 PM PHT
Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo promised on Friday, June 11, that the Supreme Court will revise the rules on extraordinary writs, search warrants, and arrest warrants during his watch.
The top magistrate s pledge, which he made in his first meet the press event, is seen as an indication of the responsiveness of the Gesmundo-led Court in addressing escalating human rights problems involving state agents.
Gesmundo said that the en banc “will not hesitate” to exercise its special rule-making power when “circumstances warrant.”
“To give life to that constitutional mandate given to the Supreme Court under the 1987 Constitution, the Supreme Court will adopt rules as the exigencies require in order that this constitutionally-guaranteed rights are fully protected,” Gesmundo said.
'The judiciary is at the heart of a democratic society like ours, so we cannot afford to have that decline [in trust],' says lawyer Benedicta Du-Baladad, applicant for Supreme Court justice
A correct practice of restraint is the hero's burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, says Deputy Court Administrator Raul Villanueva, a Supreme Court applicant