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JMA Agricultural Development Corp. vs.. Land Bank of the Philippines

JMA AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PETITIONER, V. LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 206026 | 2019-07-10

D E C I S I O N
 
JARDELEZA, J.:
 
The factors listed under Section 17 of Republic Act No. (RA) 6657[1] and its resulting formulas provide a uniform framework or structure for the computation of just compensation which ensures that the amounts to be paid to affected landowners are not arbitrary, absurd or even contradictory to the objectives of agrarian reform. Until and unless declared invalid in a proper case, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) formulas partake of the nature of statutes, which under the 2009 amendment became law itself, and thus have in their favor the presumption of legality, such that courts shall...