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Videogram Regulatory Board vs CA, et al.

VIDEOGRAM REGULATORY BOARD, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, Hon. B. A. ADEFUIN-DE LA CRUZ, in her capacity as Presiding Judge of the Kaloocan RTC, Branch 122, and EDWARD L. UNITE, respondents.

G.R. No. 106564 | 1996-11-28

PANGANIBAN, J.:


Under the Rules of Court, a party has fifteen (15) days only within which to file a petition for review against an unfavorable decision of the trial court. In actual practice, parties are normally allowed extensions to time to file such petitions. The issue in this case is: May the Court of Appeals be faulted with grave abuse of discretion for denying the admission of such petition for review which was filed within the thirty-day period requested in petitioner's motion for extension but beyond the fifteen-day period actually granted by said Court?

This petition for certiorari, prohibition and mandamus under Rule 65 of...