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Fruehauf Electronics Philippines Corporation, vs. Technology Electronics Assembly And Management Pacific Corporation, [DECISION]

FRUEHAUF ELECTRONICS PHILIPPINES CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. TECHNOLOGY ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLY AND MANAGEMENT PACIFIC CORPORATION, Respondent.

G.R. No. 204197 | 2016-11-23

D E C I S I O N
 
BRION, J.:
 
The fundamental importance of this case lies in its delineation of the extent of permissible judicial review over arbitral awards. We make this determination from the prism of our existing laws on the subject and the prevailing state policy to uphold the autonomy of arbitration proceedings.

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the Court of Appeals' (CA) decision in CA-G.R. SP. No. 112384 that reversed an arbitral award and dismissed the arbitral complaint for lack of merit.1 The CA breached the bounds of its jurisdiction when it reviewed the substance of the...