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Planters Products Inc., et al. vs. Fertiphil Corporation

PLANTERS PRODUCTS, INC., Petitioner, versus FERTIPHIL CORPORATION, Respondent.

G.R. No. 166006 | 2008-03-14

D E C I S I O N


REYES, R.T., J.:
 

THE Regional Trial Courts (RTC) have the authority and jurisdiction to consider the constitutionality of statutes, executive orders, presidential decrees and other issuances. The Constitution vests that power not only in the Supreme Court but in all Regional Trial Courts. 
 
The principle is relevant in this petition for review on certiorari of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) affirming with modification that of the RTC in Makati City,[2] finding petitioner Planters Products, Inc. (PPI) liable to private respondent Fertiphil Corporation (Fertiphil) for the levies it paid under...