Ople vs. Torres 293 SCRA 141 Summary

BLAS F. OPLE, petitioner, vs. RUBEN D. TORRES, ALEXANDER AGUIRRE, HECTOR VILLANUEVA, CIELITO HABITO, ROBERT BARBERS, CARMENCITA REODICA, CESAR SARINO, RENATO VALENCIA, TOMAS P. AFRICA, HEAD OF THE NATIONAL COMPUTER CENTER and CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT, respondents.

G.R. No. 127685 | 1998-07-23

Right to Privacy

Limits on rule-making power of administrative bodies
Requisites of Judicial Review, Proper Party, Legislative Standing
Reasonable expectation of privacy (Two-part test)
Right to privacy
Substantive due process
Right to privacy, essence thereof is the "right to be let alone"
Right to privacy is recognized and enshrined in several provisions of our Constitution
Right to privacy is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Constitution

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J:

The petition at bar is a commendable effort on the part of Senator Blas F. Ople to prevent the shrinking of the right to privacy, which the revered Mr. Justice Brandeis considered as "the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men.'' 1 Petitioner Ople prays that we invalidate Administrative Order No. 308 entitled "Adoption of a National Computerized Identification Reference System" on two important constitutional grounds, viz: one, it is a usurpation of the power of Congress to legislate, and two, it impermissibly intrudes on our...