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[2/2] GSIS vs Hon Celso Lavina, Presiding Judge RTC Pasig

[2/2] GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, PETITIONER, VERSUS THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF PASIG CITY, BRANCH 71, CRESENCIANO RABELLO, JR., SHERIFF IV, RTC-BRANCH 71, PASIG CITY; AND EDUARDO M. SANTIAGO, SUBSTITUTED BY HIS WIDOW, ROSARIO ENRIQUEZ VDA. DE SANTIAGO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 175393 | 2009-12-18

IV. DISCUSSION

The doctrine of finality of judgments accepts of exceptions only under certain circumstances, as we have held in Spouses Gomez v. Correa, et al.,[59]:

It is settled that when a final judgment is executory, it becomes immutable and unalterable. The judgment may no longer be modified in any respect, even if the modification is meant to correct what is perceived to be an erroneous conclusion of fact or law, and regardless of whether the modification is attempted to be made by the court rendering it or by the highest Court of the land. The doctrine is founded on considerations of public policy and sound practice that, at the...