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Diamond Drilling Corp. vs. Crescent Mining And Development Corp.

DIAMOND DRILLING CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, V. CRESCENT MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 207360, April 10, 2019] DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, PETITIONER, V. DIAMOND DRILLING CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 201785 | 2019-04-10

D E C I S I O N
 
A. REYES, JR., J.:
 
Can the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through a court order, be compelled to amend a Mineral Production Sharing Agreement (MPSA) to reflect the acquisition by judicial sale of a partial interest therein? This is the question posed by these petitions, which stem from the Order[1] dated August 31, 2011 issued by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Makati City, Branch 133, in Civil Case No. 00-055. The said order directed the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources to amend MPSA No. 057-96-CAR by appending the name of Diamond Drilling Corporation of the...