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Crispina M. Campilan vs Judge Fernando C. Campilan, Jr.

CRISPINA M. CAMPILAN, complainant, vs. JUDGE FERNANDO C. CAMPILAN, JR., respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-96-1100 | 2002-04-24

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

We recently held that judicial office demands the best possible men and women from the service.[1] For this reason, the Court will not hesitate to discipline its members who taint its image in the eyes of the public. A judicial office circumscribes personal conduct, and imposes a number of inhibitions, whose faithful observance is the price one has to pay for holding an exalted position.[2]

This is an administrative case filed by the legal spouse of respondent Judge Fernando C. Campilan, Jr., former judge of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court, Macrohon-Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte, and presently the Presiding...