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Alliance of Non-Life Insurance Workers of the Philippines, etc. vs. Mendoza etc.

ALLIANCE OF NON-LIFE INSURANCE WORKERS OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY JUBERT MAUN AS PRESIDENT, BUKLURAN NG MANGGAGAWA NA UMAASA SA INDUSTRIYA NG SEGURO (BMIS) INC., REPRESENTED BY SALVADOR NAVIDAD AS PRESIDENT, MOVEMENT FOR THE UPLIFTMENT OF NON-LIFE INSURANCE, INC. (MUNLI), REPRESENTED BY JESUS S. SEVILLA AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. LEANDRO R. MENDOZA, AS SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS, HON. REYNALDO I. BERROYA AS FORMER CHIEF, LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE, HON. ALBERTO SUANSING AS CHIEF, LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE, AND STRADCOM CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 206159 | 2020-08-26

THIRD DIVISION
 

DECISION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
An implied repeal will only be sustained upon a showing of a law-making body's manifest intention that the later regulation supersedes an earlier one. Necessarily, the enactment of the superseding regulation which repeals an earlier regulation subject of a court action moots the case.

This resolves the Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] filed by Alliance of Non-Life Insurance Workers of the Philippines (Alliance), Bukluran ng Manggagawa na Umaasa sa Industriya ng Seguro Inc. (BMIS), and Movement for the Upliftment of Non-Life Insurance, Inc. (MUNLI) assailing the Court of...