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Nicolas Fecundo vs. Ramon Berjamen

NICOLAS FECUNDO, petitioner, vs. HON. RAMON BERJAMEN, Presiding Judge RTC, Branch 20 and JULIUS SALCEDO, respondents.

G.R. No. 88105 | 1989-12-18

D E C I S I O N 

PADILLA, J.: 

Before the Court is a petition for certiorari with prayer for a restraining order seeking to inhibit respondent judge, Hon. Ramon Berjamen, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 20, Mambusao, Capiz from continuing with the trial of an election protest (Election Case No. M-944) filed by herein private respondent Julius Salcedo against herein petitioner. The grounds invoked for the inhibition of respondent judge are his alleged partiality and bias against petitioner. Said acts of alleged partiality and bias may be summarized as follows: 1 

a) Use of unbecoming language in the order dated 10 February...