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Indiana Aerospace University vs. CHED

INDIANA AEROSPACE UNIVERSITY, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHED), respondent.

G.R. No. 139371 | 2001-04-04

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

When the delayed filing of an answer causes no prejudice to the plaintiff, default orders should be avoided. Inasmuch as herein respondent was improvidently declared in default, its Petition for Certiorari to annul its default may be given due course. The act of the Commission on Higher Education enjoining petitioner from using the word "university" in it corporate name and ordering it to revert to its authorized name does not violate its proprietary rights or constitute irreparable damage to the school. Indeed, petitioner has no vested right to misrepresent itself to the public. An injunction is a...