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Salvador Estipona, Jr. vs. Judge Frank Lobrigo-Case Digest
Salvador Estipona, Jr. vs. Judge Frank Lobrigo-Case Digest
HELD: No. Pursuant to Section 5 (5) of Article VIII of the 1987 Constitution,
the power to promulgate rules concerning the protection and
enforcement of constitutional rights, pleading, practice, and procedure in
all courts belongs exclusively to the Supreme Court. Congress has no
authority to repeal, alter, or supplement rules concerning pleading,
practice, and procedure. Hence, Section 23 of RA 9165, an act of Congress,
is unconstitutional.