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Socorro Abella Soriano Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

SOCORRO ABELLA SORIANO, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and DEOGRACIAS REYES, respondents.

G.R. No. 100525 | 1993-05-25

D E C I S I O N


REGALADO, J.:

The underlying mandate in the construction of our Rules of Court is that they shall be liberally construed in order to promulgate their object and to assist the parties in obtaining just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding. 1 The jurisprudential caveat, however, is that the provisions on reglementary periods are strictly applied as they are deemed indispensable to the prevention of needless delays and necessary to the orderly and speedy discharge of judicial business, 2 that strict compliance therewith is mandatory and imperative, 3 and that this stringency applies to the...