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MCTC Presiding Justice Villanueva vs. Judicial and Bar Council

FERDINAND R. VILLANUEVA, PRESIDING JUDGE, MCTC, COMPOSTELA-NEW BATAAN, COMPOSTELA VALLEY PROVINCE, PETITIONER, VS. JUDICIAL AND BAR COUNCIL, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 211833 | 2015-04-07

EN BANC
 
DECISION

REYES, J.:

Presiding Judge Ferdinand R. Villanueva (petitioner) directly came to this Court via a Petition for Prohibition, Mandamus, and Certiorari, and Declaratory Relief[1] under Rules 65 and 63 of the Rules of Court, respectively, with prayer for the issuance of a temporary restraining order and/or writ of preliminary injunction, to assail the policy of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), requiring five years of service as judges of first-level courts before they can qualify as applicant to second-level courts, on the ground that it is unconstitutional, and was issued with grave abuse of discretion.

The Facts
 
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