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Phil. Assoc. Of Free Labor Unions vs. Court of First Instance of Rizal

PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF FREE LABOR UNIONS (PAFLU), CATALINO LUZANO, FELICIANO RUBIO, PRUDENCIO JALANDONI, RODOLFO ANASTACIO, DOMINADOR REUBAL, DOMINGO BARREDO, ELISEO CARPIO, LEONARDO ESPEJON, RUFINO AGUA, WILFREDO ADEFUIN, NICASIO MORDENO, JOSE FERRERAS, HONORIO UNTAL and APOLINARIO DIZON, petitioners, vs. COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF RIZAL, HON. EUTROPIO MIGRINO, PHILIPPINE BLOOMING MILLS COMPANY, INC. and ALFREDO CHING, respondents.

G.R. No. L-49580 | 1983-01-17

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J.:

The question raised in this certiorari and prohibition proceeding is the lack of jurisdiction of respondent Court of First Instance of Rizal to entertain a criminal suit arising from what is alleged to be an illegal strike. Such a question was raised in a motion to quash on the ground that the then applicable Presidential Decrees 1 precluded the fiscal from filing any information without exhausting the jurisdictional requisites. The failure to do so was for petitioner even more objectionable because the labor dispute which gave rise to such a strike had been settled.

The information sets forth the acts by...