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RP vs Sandigan Bayan and Bgen Balbanero

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN and BRIG. GEN. PEDRO R. BALBANERO, respondents.

G.R. No. 123997 | 1999-01-20

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

This case emphasizes with great force the awesome responsibility of counsel to represent a client's cause with due diligence and zeal which necessarily excludes improvident and unreasonable requests for postponement of hearings that only serve to impede the speedy and inexpensive administration of justice.

The Republic of the Philippines, in this special civil action for certiorari, mandamus and prohibition, assails the Order of the Sandiganbayan, First Division, dated 19 October 1995, in "Republic of the Philippines v. Brig. Gen. Pedro Balbanero," Civil Case No. 0053, denying petitioner's oral motion...