The Supreme Court (Filipino:Kataas-taasang Hukuman;colloquially referred to as the Korte Suprema is the highest court in the Philippines. The Supreme Court was established by the Second Philippine Commission on June 11,1901 through the enactment of its Act No. 136,an Act which abolished the Real Audiencia de Manila,the predecessor of the Supreme Court.
The chief justice of the Philippines presides over the Supreme Court and is the highest judicial officer of the government of the Philippines. As of April 5,2021,the position is currently held by Alexander Gesmundo,who was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte following the early retirement of his predecessor Diosdado Peralta in March 2021.
Reynato Puno y Serrano,KGCR is a Filipino jurist. He served as the 22nd chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from December 8,2006,by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo until his mandatory retirement on May 17,2010. Puno had initially been appointed to the Supreme Court as an associate justice on June 28,1993.
Renato Tereso Antonio Coronado Corona was a Filipino judge who was the 23rd chief justice of the Philippines from 2010 to 2012. He served as an associate justice after being appointed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on April 9,2002,and later as Chief Justice on May 12,2010,upon the retirement of Chief Justice Reynato Puno.
Adolfo Sevilla Azcuna is a Filipino jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2002 to 2009. He was appointed to the Court by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on October 24,2002. As of November 2019 he was the Chancellor of the Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA),having been appointed to that position by the Supreme Court of the Philippines on June 1,2009. The Court granted the title of “Chancellor Emeritus”upon Ascuna who served until May 31,2021. He was succeeded by Arturo Brion who served for 2 years and was replaced by Rosmari Carandang as the fourth Chancellor who took her oath on February 23,2022.
Cancio C. Garcia was a Filipino lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed to the Court on October 6,2004,by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and retired on October 19,2007.
Minita Chico-Nazario was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. She was appointed to the court by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on February 10,2004.
Romeo J. Callejo Sr. is a retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed to the Court on August 26,2002,by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,and served until his mandatory retirement on April 27,2007.
An associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines is one of fifteen members of the Supreme Court of the Philippines,the highest court in the Philippines. The Chief Justice presides over the high court,but carries only one of the 15 votes in the court. Traditionally,the Chief Justice is deemed primus inter pares among the justices.
Antonio Tirol Carpio is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was sworn in as member of the Supreme Court by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on October 26,2001,and served until his retirement on October 26,2019. He served as associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines for a period of eighteen (18) years. He also served as chief justice in an acting capacity several times during his tenure as Senior Associate Justice.
Arturo Dizon Brion is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He took his oath as a member of the Supreme Court on March 17,2008. From 2006 until his appointment to the Supreme Court,Brion served in the cabinet of President Macapagal-Arroyo as the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment.
Monina Arevalo Zenarosa is a retired Associate Justice of the Philippine Court of Appeals.
Alfredo Logronio Benipayo is the former Dean of the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Civil Law,the oldest law school in the Philippines. He is a former magistrate and a respected law professor and bar reviewer in the country.
Teresita Leonardo-De Castro is a Filipina who served as the 24th chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines;she was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte on August 28,2018. She assumed the vacated position once her predecessor,Maria Lourdes Sereno,was removed via a quo warranto petition;making De Castro the de jure 24th chief justice,and the first female chief justice of the Supreme Court.
Ruben T. Reyes was a Filipino jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2007 to 2009.
In the Philippines,amparo and habeas data are prerogative writs to supplement the inefficacy of the writ of habeas corpus. Amparo means 'protection,' while habeas data is 'access to information.' Both writs were conceived to solve the extensive Philippine extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances since 1999.
Agnes Vicenta Salayo Torres-Devanadera,also known as Agnes VST Devanadera,is a Filipina lawyer and politician who is currently the president and CEO of Clark Development Corporation since her appointment by Bongbong Marcos in 2022. She previously served as the chairperson of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) from 2017 to 2022 during the Duterte administration. During the Arroyo administration,she served as the Solicitor General of the Philippines,the first woman to hold the post. She was also the acting Secretary of Justice on two short stints.
Diosdado "Dado" Madarang Peralta is a Filipino attorney and jurist who served as the chief justice of the Philippines from 2019 to 2021. He previously served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from January 13,2009,to October 22,2019. He is the third Sandiganbayan presiding justice to be appointed to the high tribunal.
Nimfa Cuesta Vilches was a Senior Deputy Court Administrator (DCA) at the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA),Supreme Court of the Philippines. She was a regional trial court judge in Manila until her appointment as Assistant Court Administrator in 2006 and as DCA in 2008. She was a family law expert in the Philippines and in the international legal community.
Martin S. Villarama Jr. is a Filipino lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from November 3,2009,to January 16,2016. Prior to his appointment as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court,he served as Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals since March 11,1998. He also served in the Regional Trial Court of Pasig as Judge from 1986 to 1998 and as its Executive Judge from 1992 to 1996.
