{"id":252145,"date":"2020-04-15T06:08:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T10:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=252145"},"modified":"2020-04-15T06:08:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T10:08:14","slug":"sc-to-hold-en-banc-session-april-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/15\/sc-to-hold-en-banc-session-april-17\/","title":{"rendered":"SC to hold en banc session April 17"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Facade of Supreme Court of the Philippines (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday said an en banc session has been scheduled on Friday (April 17).<\/p>\n

In a message to reporters, SC Public Information Office chief Brian Keith Hosaka, quoting SC en banc clerk of court Edgardo Aricheta, confirmed the meeting.<\/p>\n

“However, I am not privy as to the agenda for the said meeting,” Hosaka said.<\/p>\n

He added that it is still unclear whether the meeting will be held at the en banc hall of the SC in Padre Faura or it will be conducted online.<\/p>\n

“We still don\u2019t know what platform will be used. Our MISO (Management Information Systems Operations) is handling the technical aspect taking into consideration security concerns,” Hosaka said.<\/p>\n

Pending before the high court are a number of suits urging action such as a petition filed on behalf of 22 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), a mandamus petition seeking on disclosure of President Rodrigo Duterte’s medical records, and pending incidents on quo warranto suit filed by solicitor General Jose Calida against ABS-CBN that was originally set for April 15.<\/p>\n

Courts throughout the country remain closed following the extension of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) by President Rodrigo Duterte until the end of April.<\/p>\n

In an earlier memorandum, Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta suspended the SC’s summer session in Baguio City originally scheduled from April 12 to May 1.<\/p>\n

Peralta noted the surge in the number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in the country had led to the declaration of a state of public health emergency and state of calamity.<\/p>\n

The temporary physical closure of all courts nationwide took effect on March 23.<\/p>\n

Despite the closure, courts are functioning and are mandated to accept the online filing of all cases — criminal, commercial, and family — and petitions and posting of bail during the period of a health emergency.<\/p>\n

Justices and trial court judges — while working from home — have been directed to immediately evaluate and act on the cases filed online.<\/p>\n

A skeletal staff is required to report to the court offices only to act on urgent cases, particularly those filed in connection with the implementation of the ECQ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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