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Vivencio B. Villagracia Vs. 5th Shari'a District Court and Roldan E. Mala, represented by his father, Hadji Kalam T. Mala

VIVENCIO B. VILLAGRACIA, Petitioner, vs. FIFTH (5th) SHARI' A DISTRICT COURT and ROLDAN E. MALA, represented by his father Hadji Kalam T. Mala, Respondents.

G.R. No. 188832 | 2014-04-23

THIRD DIVISION

 

DECISION

 


LEONEN, J.:

 

Shari' a District Courts have no jurisdiction over real actions where one of the parties is not a Muslim.


This is a petition for certiorari with application for issuance of temporary restraining order and/or preliminary injunction to set aside the  Fifth (5th) Shari'a District Court's decision1 dated June 11, 2008 and order2 dated May 29, 2009 in SDC Special Proceedings Case No. 07-200.

 

The facts as established from the pleadings of the parties are as follows:


On February 15, 1996, Roldan E. Mala purchased a 300-square-meter parcel of land...