{"id":56576,"date":"2015-07-21T20:57:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T12:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=56576"},"modified":"2015-07-21T20:57:56","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T12:57:56","slug":"carpio-torre-requires-lower-court-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/21\/carpio-torre-requires-lower-court-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Carpio: Torre requires lower court trial"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Torre<\/a>
Torre de Manila obstructs the skyline view behind the iconic Rizal Monument in Luneta Park (Bernard Testa \/ Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said on Tuesday that the Supreme Court can either remand the case of Torre de Manila to a lower court or dismiss it.<\/p>\n

Carpio made the statement on Tuesday’s oral argument on the case filed by the Order of the Knights of\u00a0Rizal (KofR) against DMCI Project Developers Inc.<\/p>\n

Carpio questioned the filing of the case in the Supreme Court instead of filing it before the lower court.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis requires a trial. Before you come here, you must have presented your case before a trial court. You are reversing the process. We have never done this. We have never received evidence here. We can remand this to the Court of Appeals or you can refile it before the proper trial court,\u201d Carpio said.<\/p>\n

Atty. William Jasarino, counsel of\u00a0KofR\u2019s argued that the hierarchy of courts can admit exceptions “including matters of transcendental importance.”<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are asking us to take a liberal view about standing on the ground of transcendental importance,\u201d Associate Justice Francis Jardeleza said.<\/p>\n

“You will concede that not all heritage cases have transcendental importance,” he added.<\/p>\n

KofR\u2019s counsel also said that Rizal Park represents the nation’s soul.<\/p>\n

Responding to this,\u00a0Associate Justice Marvic Leonen said \u201cfor you to tell us that the Rizal monument is the soul of the nation and we should put that in jurisprudence. We cannot do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Supreme Court does not have the capacity to say that this is the soul of the nation\u2026It is tyrannical of the Court to establish the narrative of the nation,\u201d Leonen\u00a0added.<\/p>\n

The oral arguments will, meanwhile, resume on August 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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