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Atty. Benjamin Relova vs Judge Antonio Rosales

Atty. BENJAMIN RELOVA, complainant, vs. Judge ANTONIO M. ROSALES, Regional Trial Court, Roxas, Oriental Mindoro, Branch 43, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-02-1711 | 2002-11-26

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Under Circular No. 13-92, clerks of court are mandated to deposit fiduciary funds immediately with authorized government depository banks. Their failure to do so cannot directly be blamed on the judges concerned, absent any showing of bad faith, malice, dishonesty, arbitrariness or rank failure/negligence to supervise the clerks of court. This Court is determined to implement its judicial reform program and will not hesitate to discipline and sanction erring members of the judiciary. However, it is also duty-bound to protect the innocent from baseless or unreasonable charges. While it favors cleansing its...