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ABS-CBN vs. NTC [SEPARATE CONCURRING OPINION, LEONEN, J.]

ABS-CBN CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 252119 | 2020-08-25

SEPARATE CONCURRING OPINION

LEONEN, J.:

I concur in the result of the ponencia written by the esteemed Senior Associate Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe. This Petition became moot the moment the House Committee on Legislative Franchises denied petitioner ABS-CBN Corporation's application for franchise renewal.

The non-renewal was not made an issue in this case, and petitioner filed no supplemental pleading either. Thus, any resolution here would have been limited to issues originally raised, namely:
(1) whether a status quo ante order should have been issued; and
 
(2) under the special circumstances of this...