Accomplishment and Submission of Caseload Data

January 20, 2014

OCA CIRCULAR NO. 7-14

 

The Supreme Court of the Philippines, in partnership with The Asia Foundation (TAF), with assistance of the United States Agency of International Development (USAID), through the American Bar Association (ABA) is conducting a study of the case carrying capacity of Lower Court Judges, to enable the Supreme Court to assess the needs of the courts and judges based on estimations of a reasonable caseload for judges.

One of the essential components of the study is a review of the level and mix of cases that enter the first and second level courts. These data together with a survey of the tasks of judges and task processing time will be essential factors that will enable the projection of caseload and case mix and therefore the reasonable case carrying capacities of judges.

For this purpose, all lower court judges are hereby directed to accomplish the attached form in accordance with the guidelines contained in each form.

All accomplished forms shall be submitted not later than 30 January 2014 to any of the following addresses provided by the Asia Foundation:

1.If submitted via e-mail:

[email protected] or [email protected]

2.If submitted via fax: +632 3556014 cEATSI

3.If submitted via courier:

#36 Lapu-Lapu Avenue, Magallanes Village, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines

For mandatory compliance.

Issued this 20th day of January 2014.

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZCourt Administrator

ANNEX 1

Caseload Information

Name of Court:

Branch No:

Address:

Name of Presiding Judge:

Number of Pending Cases Per Case Type Per Year from 2007-2012

	Case Type	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
A.	Criminal Cases	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	1	Alarms and Scandal	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	2	Arbitrary Detention	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	3	Arson	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	4	Child Abuse	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	5	Child Pornography	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	6	Concubinage/Adultery	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	7	Cybercrime	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	8	Direct Assault	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	9	Election offenses	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	10	Estafa	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	11	Forcible Abduction	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	12	Frustrated Homicide	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	13	Frustrated Murder	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	14	Grave Coercion	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	15	Grave Threats	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	16	Homicide	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	17	Illegal Assembly	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	18	Illegal Gambling (PD 1602)	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	19	Illegal Possession of Firearms	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	20	Libel	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	21	Money Laundering	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	22	Murder	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	23	Physical Injuries	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	24	Qualified Theft	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	25	Rape	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	26	Rebellion and Insurrection	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	27	Robbery	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	28	Simple theft	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	29	Terrorism	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	30	Unjust Vexation	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	31	Violation of Anti-Drugs Law	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	32	Violation of BP 22 (Bouncing Checks)	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	33	Violation of Environmental Law	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	34	Violation of IPR Law	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	35	Violation of ordinances	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	36	Violation of RA 1309 (Graft and Corruption)	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	37	Violation of RA 9262 (VAWC)	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	38	Violation of Social Security Law	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	39	Violation of Trafficking in Persons	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	40	Other cases (specify)	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
		TOTAL	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
B.	Civil Cases	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	1	Adoption or revocation	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	2	Agrarian Reform	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	3	Annulment and declaration ofÂ	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
		nullity of marriage
	4	Breach of contract	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	5	Cadastral and Land Registration	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	6	Cancellation of encumbrances	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	7	Civil actions under Intellectual Property Code	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	8	Civil liability under the Child	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
		and Youth Welfare Code
	9	Collection of damages	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	10	Constitution of family home	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	11	Corporate rehabilitation	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	12	Ejectment	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	13	Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	14	Foreclosure of real estate mortgage	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	15	Guardianship and custody	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	16	Insolvency	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	17	Issuance of protection order	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	18	Partition	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	19	Probate proceedings (testate and intestate)	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	20	Quieting of title	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	21	Reckless imprudence	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	22	Replevin	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	23	Sales	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	24	Settlement of Estates	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	25	Small Claims	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	26	Specific performance	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	27	Support	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	28	Voluntary or involuntary	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
		commitment of children,
		termination or restoration of
		parental authority
	29	Other cases (specify)	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
		TOTAL	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
C.	Special Proceedings Cases	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	1	Actions by and against	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
		executors and administrators
	2	Adoption of children	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	3	Correction of entry in birth	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	4	Dissolution of corporation	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	5	Diversion programs ofÂ	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
		children in conflict with the law
	6	Escheat	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	7	Expropriation	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	8	Guardianship	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	9	Habeas corpus	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	10	Hospitalization of insane persons	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	11	Payment of debts of estates	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	12	Selling and encumbering property of ward	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	13	Summary settlement of estates	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	14	Voluntary commitment of children	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	15	Voluntary recognition of minor	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	16	Wills	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
	17	Other cases (specify)	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
		TOTAL	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
		GRAND TOTAL	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________