Back

Polytechnic University of the Philippines vs. Court of Appeals & Firestone Ceramics

POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and FIRESTONE CERAMICS, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 143513 | 2001-11-14

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

A litigation is not simply a contest of litigants before the bar of public opinion; more than that, it is a pursuit of justice through legal and equitable means. To prevent the search for justice from evolving into a competition for public approval, society invests the judiciary with complete independence thereby insulating it from demands expressed through any medium, the press not excluded. Thus, if the court would merely reflect, and worse, succumb to the great pressures of the day, the end result, it is feared, would be a travesty of justice.

In the early sixties, petitioner National Development...