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Rp vs. Hon. Cloribel, et al

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. HON. GAUDENCIO CLORIBEL, as Judge of the Court of First Instance of Manila, Branch VI, and CHUA TEE, also known as DY KANG LING, respondents.

G.R. No. L-27751 | 1970-08-31

D E C I S I O N 


FERNANDO, J: 

Petitioner Republic of the Philippines filed this special proceeding for certiorari and mandamus against respondent Judge Gaudencio Cloribel complaining of the snail's pace at which its action for denaturalization of the other respondent Chua Tee was being acted upon, eleven of his motions for postponement being granted by the court although no opposition to the move to denaturalize was filed. There was more than just a hint in the petition before us of respondent Judge's evident bias in favor of the other respondent, the most conspicuous instance of which was his being allowed to take the oath of...