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Gonzales vs. Estrella

LILIA Y. GONZALES, petitioner, vs. CONRADO F. ESTRELLA, in his capacity as Secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform, respondent.

G.R. No. L-35739 | 1979-07-02

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

The constitutionality of Presidential Decree No. 27 was assumed in Chavez v. Zobel, 1 decided on the first anniversary of the 1973 Constitution. It is entitled "Decreeing the Emancipation of Tenants From the Bondage of the Soil Transferring to Them the Ownership of the Land They Till and Providing the Instruments and Mechanism Therefor". 2 Its constitutionality is the specific question raised in this suit for prohibition. In the language of the petition itself: "The main issue in this case is whether martial law was validly declared throughout the country by His Excellency, the President of the Philippines,...