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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.
The Supreme Court (Filipino: Kataas-taasang Hukuman; 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, an Act which abolished the Real Audiencia de Manila, the predecessor of the Supreme Court.
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Under Chief Justice Ramón Avanceña (1925-1941) Bar key: Mckinley appointee T. Roosevelt appointee Taft appointee Wilson appointee Harding appointee Coolidge appointee Hoover appointee F. Roosevelt appointee Quezon appointee.
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 of the ...
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 ...
Diosdado Peralta. Diosdado "Dado" Madarang Peralta (born March 27, 1952) is a Filipino attorney and jurist who served as the chief justice of the Philippines from 2019 to 2021. [1] [2] [3] He previously served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from January 13, 2009, to October 22, 2019. [4]
Website. oca .judiciary .gov .ph. The Office of the Court Administrator ( Tagalog: Tanggapan ng Tagapangasiwa ng Hukuman, [1] abbreviated OCA) is a department of the Supreme Court of the Philippines tasked primarily with investigating judicial misconduct in the lower courts through audits and filing administrative cases against judges whom they ...