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 Supreme Court of South Carolina is the highest court in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The court is composed of a chief justice and four associate justices.
The University of the East College of Law or UE Law is the law school of the University of the East,a private,non-sectarian university in Manila,Philippines.
Florentino Velasquez Floro Jr. is a Filipino former judge who achieved notoriety after being suspended from the Philippine judiciary in 2006 due to mental illness. Floro made several statements that he was psychic and claimed to frequently communicate with invisible duendes,a type of dwarf common in Filipino and Latin American mythology.
Ruben T. Reyes was a Filipino jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2007 to 2009.
Prashant Bhushan is an Indian public interest lawyer in the Supreme Court of India. He was a member of the faction of the India Against Corruption (IAC) movement known as Team Anna which supported Anna Hazare's campaign for the implementation of the Jan Lokpal Bill. After a split in IAC,he helped Team Anna form the Aam Aadmi Party. In 2015,he made several allegations against the party's leadership,its functioning and its deviation from the core ideology,values and commitments. He is one of the founders of Swaraj Abhiyan and Sambhaavnaa,an Institute of Public Policy and Politics.
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.
Manuel Noveno Mamba Sr. is a Filipino doctor and politician who is the current provincial governor of Cagayan. He was elected to the House of Representatives of the Philippines,representing the 3rd District of Cagayan. First elected in 1995,he was re-elected in 2001,2004,and 2007. He was also a municipal mayor of Tuao,Cagayan,from 1988 to 1995.
Judicial misconduct occurs when a judge acts in ways that are considered unethical or otherwise violate the judge's obligations of impartial conduct.
Jocelyn Solis-Reyes is a judge from the Philippines. She is,as of June 2010,the presiding judge of the Maguindanao massacre trial. She is attached to the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221.
Roberto A. Abad is a lawyer and judge who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from August 7,2009,to May 22,2014.
Public Atorni:Asunto o Areglo is a Philippine television court show broadcast by TV5 in the Philippines in which small claims court cases are heard,through Mediation. Its format is similar to US television court shows such as Judge Judy and The People's Court;however,instead of a former judge,the chief of the Philippines' Public Attorney's Office is the mediator. It is presented by MJ Marfori while the cases are mediated by Public Attorney's Office chief,Atty. Persida Rueda-Acosta.
The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012,officially recorded as Republic Act No. 10175,is a law in the Philippines that was approved on September 12,2012. It aims to address legal issues concerning online interactions and the Internet in the Philippines. Among the cybercrime offenses included in the bill are cybersquatting,cybersex,child pornography,identity theft,illegal access to data and libel.
The Public Attorney's Office (PAO) of the Philippines is the public defender for all courts in the Philippines. It also provides other legal services to the poor. According to its mission statement it exists to provide to the poor "free access to courts,judicial and quasi-judicial agencies,by rendering legal services,counselling(sic) and assistance..."
The Dengvaxia controversy occurred in the Philippines when the dengue vaccine Dengvaxia was found to increase the risk of disease severity for some people who had received it.
The quo warranto petition against Maria Lourdes Sereno,filed before the Supreme Court of the Philippines,led to the landmark case Republic v. Sereno,which nullified Maria Lourdes Sereno's appointment as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines,finding that she never lawfully held the office due to a lack of integrity for failing to file certain required financial documents. As a result,she was ousted from the Supreme Court as Chief Justice. The Court handed down its ruling on May 11,2018. The case began with a filing before the House of Representatives of an impeachment demand,the accusations in which Solicitor General Jose Calida used as the factual basis for his quo warranto petition.
In India,the offence of contempt of court is committed when a person either disobeys a court order,or when a person says or does anything that scandalizes,prejudices,or interferes with judicial proceedings and the administration of justice. Contempt of court can be punished with imprisonment or a fine,or both.
The No Contact Apprehension Policy (NCAP) refers to different active traffic management and road traffic safety measures being implemented by local government units all over the Philippines.
Lorraine Marie Tablang Badoy-Partosa,better known as Lorraine Badoy and sometimes also called Lorraine Partosa,is a Filipino physician,government official,and political figure best known for having been one of the spokespersons of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict,and for being involved in various controversies relating to the practice of red-tagging in the Philippines.
