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Cortal vs. Inaki A. Larrazabal Enterprises

ALFONSO SINGSON CORTAL, JUANITO SINGSON CORTAL, NENITA CODILLA, GENEROSO PEPITO LONGAKIT, PONCIANA BATOON, AND GREGORIA SABROSO, PETITIONERS, VS. INAKI A. LARRAZABAL ENTERPRISES, REPRESENTED BY INAKI P. LARRAZABAL, JR., THE HONORABLE REGIONAL DIRECTOR, REGIONAL OFFICE NO. VIII, TACLOBAN CITY AND THE HONORABLE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, QUEZON CITY IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM ADJUDICATION BOARD (DARAB), RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 199107 | 2017-08-30

DECISION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
Procedural rules must be faithfully followed and dutifully enforced. Still, their application should not amount to "plac[ing] the administration of  justice in a straightjacket."[1] An inordinate fixation on technicalities cannot defeat the need for a full, just, and equitable litigation of claims.

This resolves a Petition for Review on Certiorari[2] under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, praying that the assailed September 30, 2010[3] and September 7, 2011[4] Resolutions of the Court of Appeals in CA-­G.R. SP No. 04659 be reversed and set aside, and that the...