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Naval vs. Panday [DECISION]

Exec. Judge DAVID C. NAVAL, Naga City and DSWD Secretary CORAZON ALMA DE LEON, complainants, vs. JUDGE JOSE R. PANDAY, RTC, Branch 27, Naga City, JUDGE SIMON D. ENCINAS, RTC, Branch 51, Sorsogon and JUDGE RICA H. LACSON, MTC, Sorsogon, Sorsogon, respondents.

A.M. No. RTJ-95-1283 | 1997-07-21

D E C I S I O N
 
PER CURIAM:
 
In a letter dated 5 August 1994, Executive Judge David C. Naval of the Regional Trial Court, Naga City, Branch 21, informed the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) that Judge Jose R. Panday, Presiding Judge of Branch 27, same court, was a suspect in an alleged rape incident which was reported by the local media. Attached to Judge Naval’s letter were copies of two (2) local newspapers, namely, “Bicol Standard” and “Iyo ‘Ni” dated 24 July and 28 July 1994 , respectively, which published news reports about the alleged rape incident.

The OCA indorsed the aforesaid...