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Josefina Merontos Vda. de Sayson vs. Judge Oscar Zerna

JOSEFINA MERONTOS Vda. de SAYSON, complainant, vs. Judge OSCAR E. ZERNA, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-99-1506 | 2001-08-09

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

A temporary restraining order (TRO) may be issued ex parte by an executive judge in matters of extreme emergency, in order to prevent grave injustice and irreparable injury. Because such issuance of a TRO shall be effective only for seventy-two hours therefrom, as provided under Administrative Circular No. 20-95, the ex parte issuance of a 20-day TRO is unauthorized and may make the judge administratively liable.

The Case

Before us is an administrative case arising from a verified Letter-Complaint[1] dated February 25, 1997, filed by Josefina Merontos vda. de Sayson against Judge Oscar E. Zerna of the...