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Aurora B. Go vs. Doris B. Sunbanun, et al.

AURORA B. GO, Petitioner,vs.ELMER SUNBANUN,* GEORGIE S. TAN, DORIS SUNBANUN and RICHARD SUNBANUN, Respondents.

G.R. No. 168240 | 2011-02-09



FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N


DEL CASTILLO, J.:


When a procedural rule is amended for the benefit of litigants for the furtherance of the administration of justice, it shall be retroactively applied to likewise favor actions then pending, as equity delights in equality.


For non-compliance with the formal requirements of a petition, the Court of Appeals (CA) dismissed the certiorari petition filed by herein petitioner Aurora Go (Aurora), prompting her to file before us this petition for review on certiorari. Aurora now calls for liberality in the application of the procedural rules in the hope that she would eventually be given a chance to be...