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Collection of fee for transportation allowance w/o proper receipt by Coc M. Apas-Pilapil etc

COLLECTION OF FEE FOR TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCE WITHOUT PROPER RECEIPT BY CLERK OF COURT MARCIANA APAS-PILAPIL, MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURT (MCTC), LILOAN, CEBU, IN CIVIL CASE NO. 605-R

A.M. No. P-08-2434 (Formerly A.M. No. 07-6-152-MCTC) | 2008-03-03

RESOLUTION


NACHURA, J.:

The Judiciary, being the institution charged with the dispensation of justice - through the Supreme Court and the lower courts, from the presiding judge to the lowest clerk - must be circumscribed with a heavy burden of responsibility. Any conduct which would violate the norms of public accountability and diminish, or even tend to diminish, the faith of the people in the justice system must be punished so as to deter a repetition of the like.

In the case at bench, the Court reiterates the standard of conduct that our court employees ought to observe in the exercise of their functions as agents of justice.

The...