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Re: Report On The Judicial Audit … RTC, Br 144, Makati City

RE: REPORT ON THE JUDICIAL AUDIT CONDUCTED IN THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 144, MAKATI CITY

A.M. No. 03-11-628-RTC | 2004-11-25

DECISION





PANGANIBAN, J.:





Unless there is sufficient justification for noncompliance, trial judges are mandated to resolve a case within ninety (90) days from the time it is submitted for decision; otherwise, they may be subjected to administrative sanctions. In the present case, however, the judge was able to refute the charge of gross inefficiency

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* On leave.
and to explain satisfactorily the reasons for the delay.




The Case and the Facts



This case involves a Complaint for gross inefficiency against Judge Candido P. Villanueva. It originated from the judicial audit of the Regional Trial Court (Branch...