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Lina vs. Purisima 82 SCRA 344 [SEPARATE OPINIONS]

LUALHATI L. LINA, petitioner, vs. The Honorable AMANTE P. PURISIMA in his capacity as Presiding Judge of the Court of First Instance of Manila, PHILIPPINE VETERANS BANK, and ESTEBAN CABANOS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-39380 | 1978-04-14

Separate Opinions 

TEEHANKEE, J., concurring: 

I concur. The case at bar graphically portrays the grave injustice inflicted upon government employees who have been summarily dismissed "for being notoriously undesirable" when in truth and in fact their record shows the contrary. It is to the credit of respondent Cabanos, as president of respondent bank, that he ordered her immediate reinstatement upon realizing petitioner's high efficiency record, when she sought redress with this Court. 

The interests of substantial and expeditious justice justify the Court's disposition of the case on the merits, aside from the fact that...