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In Re: Ruperto G. Martin

IN RE: APPLICATION FOR LIFE PENSION UNDER REP. ACT 910. RUPERTO G. MARTIN, applicant.

A.M. No. 747-RET | 1990-07-13

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

On January 1, 1978, former Associate Justice Ruperto G. Martin of this Court suffered a cerebral stroke. He was 64 years, 9 months and 13 days old, or two (2) months and 17 days short of his 65th birthday on March 17, 1978 (he was born on March 27, 1913) when he would have been compulsory retired from the service as provided in Article X, Section 7, of the 1973 Constitution which was amended only on January 30, 1980 to restore the compulsory retirement age of 70 years for judges. He applied for disability retirement under Section 3 of Republic Act 910, as amended, which the Court En Banc approved in...