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Benjamin C. Uy vs, Renato S. Mercado

BENJAMIN C. UY, petitioner, vs. HON. RENATO S. MERCADO, respondent.

A.M. No. R-368-MTJ | 1987-09-30

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM, p:

Municipal Trial Court Judge Renato S. Mercado of Carroguis, Quirino Province, later Municipal Circuit Trial Court Judge of Aglipay-Sagaday, Quirino Province, is administratively charged with abuse of judicial power and discretion and gross ignorance of the law.

The records show that, on 3 May 1985, former Mambabatas Pambansa (MP) Orlando C. Dulay of Quirino Province filed a complaint for libel with the Municipal Trial Court of Cabarroguis, Quirino Province, presided over by respondent judge, against herein complainant Benjamin C. Uy, Apolonio Batalla and Ulpiano Quizon, based on a publication in the Tempo...