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ARNULFO B. TAURO, complainant, vs. JUDGE ANGEL V. COLET, Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 8, respondent.

ARNULFO B. TAURO, complainant, vs. JUDGE ANGEL V. COLET, Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 8, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-99-1434 | 1999-04-29

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

The primordial duty of judges is to decide cases justly and expeditiously. Indeed, justice delayed is justice denied.

The Case

The Court stresses this principle in resolving the June 3, 1997 sworn Complaint[1] of Arnulfo B. Tauro, charging Judge Angel V. Colet of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 8, of failure to decide Criminal Case Nos. 92-109346, 92-109347 and 92-109348 (three counts of violation of Art. 125, Revised Penal Code) within the reglementary period of 90 days.

The Facts

In his sworn Complaint, Tauro alleges the following:

"1. That I am the complaining witness in People of the...