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Manila Electric Company Vs. National Labor Relations Commission, Et Al.

MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, LABOR ARBITER ANDRES LOMABAO, and JOSE M. MASAYA, respondents. Benjamin R. Reonal for petitioner. Eugenio C. Lindo for private respondent.

G.R. No. L-60054 | 1991-07-02

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

Any lawyer worth his salt knows that quanta of proof and adjective rules vary depending on whether the cases to which they are meant to apply are criminal, civil or administrative in character. In criminal actions, proof beyond reasonable doubt is required for conviction; 1 in civil actions and proceedings, preponderance of evidence, as support for a judgment; 2 and in administrative cases, substantial evidence, as basis for adjudication. 3 In criminal and civil actions, application of the Rules of Court is called for, with more or less strictness. In administrative proceedings, however, the technical rules...