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Eufemio C. Domingo, et al. vs. Hon. Guillermo N. Carague, et al

EUFEMIO C. DOMINGO, CELSO D. GANGAN, PACASIO S. BANARIA, SOFRONIO B. URSAL, ALBERTO P. CRUZ, MARIA L. MATIB, RACHEL U. PACPACO, ANGELO G. SANCHEZ, and SHERWIN A. SIP-AN, Petitioners, versus HON. GUILLERMO N. CARAGUE, in his capacity as Chairman, Commission on Audit, HON. EMMANUEL M. DALMAN and HON. RAUL C. FLORES, in their capacities as Commissioners, Commission on Audit, Respondents.

G.R. No. 161065 | 2005-04-15

D E C I S I O N 


SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.: 

Judicial power is the power to hear and decide cases pending between parties who have the right to sue in courts of law and equity.[1] Corollary to this dictum is the principle of locus standi of a litigant. He who is directly affected and whose interest is immediate and substantial has the standing to sue. Thus, a party must show a personal stake in the outcome of the case or an injury to himself that can be redressed by a favorable decision in order to warrant an invocation of the court's jurisdiction and justify the exercise of judicial power on his behalf. 

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