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Republic of the Philippines vs. Judge Vicente A. Hidalgo, Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 37

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Complainant, versus JUDGE VICENTE A. HIDALGO, Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 37, Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-05-1959 (Formerly OCA I.P.I. No. 04-1941-RTJ) | 2005-12-09

D E C I S I O N 


CHICO-NAZARIO, J.: 

The instant administrative case arose from the affidavit-complaint[1] dated 19 January 2004 filed by the Republic of the Philippines, represented by Solicitor General Alfredo L. Benipayo, with the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA), charging Judge Vicente A. Hidalgo with Gross Ignorance of the Law, Manifest Partiality and Conduct Prejudicial to the Interest of the Service relative to Civil Case No. 94075 entitled "Tarcila Laperal Mendoza v. The Republic of the Philippines, et al." 

Facts of the case: 

On 02 June 1999, Tarcila Laperal Mendoza filed an action for the annulment or...