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APO Fruits Corporation and Hijo Plantation, Inc. vs. Land Bank of the Philippines[SEPARATE OPINION, SERENO, J.]

APO FRUITS CORPORATION and HIJO PLANTATION, INC., Petitioners,vs.LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 164195 | 2011-04-05

CONCURRING OPINION

SERENO, J.:


I write separately to express my concern over what I perceive as an unhealthy invocation of the Internal Rules of the Supreme Court, specifically Section 3, Rule 15, on the matter of entertaining second motions for reconsideration to set aside a final judgment of this Court. Admittedly, having been appointed to the Court after the effectivity of the said rule on 22 May 2010, I do not have the advantage of knowing firsthand the history of the said rule, but I have heard enough, during the deliberations on this case, of the problem that will continue to be engendered by Section 3, Rule 15.


I understand that...