Assignment of Cases for Newly Organized Courts
Supreme Court Administrative Circular No. 1-94 establishes rules for the assignment of cases to newly organized Regional Trial Court branches in the Philippines. It mandates that no cases should be unloaded to these branches until an inventory of pending cases is completed and submitted to the Office of the Court Administrator by February 10, 1994. The inventory must detail the case numbers and their statuses, including a separate list for inherited cases from judges no longer in the Judiciary. After the inventory, the Executive Judge is responsible for creating a distribution plan for these inherited cases, ensuring that only newly filed cases not yet in pre-trial are reassigned, and that cases involving provisional remedies remain with the original court. The redistribution of cases will be conducted through a raffle process with notice to involved parties.
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- What is Assignment of Cases for Newly Organized Courts about?
- Supreme Court Administrative Circular No. 1-94 establishes rules for the assignment of cases to newly organized Regional Trial Court branches in the Philippines. It mandates that no cases should be unloaded to these branches until an inventory of pending cases is completed and submitted to the Office of the Court Administrator by February 10, 1994. The inventory must detail the case numbers and their statuses, including a separate list for inherited cases from judges no longer in the Judiciary. After the inventory, the Executive Judge is responsible for creating a distribution plan for these inherited cases, ensuring that only newly filed cases not yet in pre-trial are reassigned, and that cases involving provisional remedies remain with the original court. The redistribution of cases will be conducted through a raffle process with notice to involved parties.
- What type of law is Supreme Court Administrative Circular No. 1-94?
- Assignment of Cases for Newly Organized Courts (Supreme Court Administrative Circular No. 1-94) is a Philippine Supreme Court Issuances enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Assignment of Cases for Newly Organized Courts enacted?
- Assignment of Cases for Newly Organized Courts (Supreme Court Administrative Circular No. 1-94) was enacted on Jan 13, 1994.
- What is the citation for Assignment of Cases for Newly Organized Courts?
- Assignment of Cases for Newly Organized Courts, Supreme Court Administrative Circular No. 1-94, Jan 13, 1994 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Supreme Court Administrative Circular No. 1-94
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Supreme Court Issuances
- Subcategory
- Administrative Circulars
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
January 13, 1994
SUPREME COURT ADMINISTRATIVE CIRCULAR NO. 1-94
| TO | : | Executive Judges and Presiding Judges of the Regional Trial Courts |
| SUBJECT | : | Assignment of Cases for Newly Organized Courts |
As Regional Trial Court Judges have been appointed to newly created court branches under R.A. No. 7154, and in the interest of the service, the following rules are established in the assignment of cases to these newly organized court branches:
1. There shall be NO unloading of cases to the newly organized court branches until after an inventory of the pending cases is made and submitted to the Office of the Court Administrator. The inventory must be submitted not later that February 10, 1994.
2. The inventory shall indicate the case number and the status of each case whether for pre-trial, trial or submitted for decision.
3. A separate list shall be prepared of inherited cases submitted for decision. (Inherited cases are those heard and/or submitted before judges who are retired, promoted to a higher court, or otherwise no longer in the Judiciary.)
4. After these inventories are prepared, the Executive Judge shall submit a plan for the distribution of the aforesaid inherited cases whether they shall be distributed exclusively to the new court branches, or only a portion allotted to the new court branches, depending on the volume of cases.
5. In the unloading of cases to be effected only after steps 3 and 4 are completed, no case still pending trial shall be unloaded in the re-assignment of cases to the new branches. Only newly filed cases which have not reached pre-trial stage shall be unloaded, provided that no writs or other orders granting provisional remedies have been issued therein; otherwise, such case shall be retained by the Court where it was originally raffled and which issued the writ for provisional remedies. cd
6. The unloading or redistribution of cases shall be done by raffle, and after notice to the parties.
January 13, 1994.
(SGD.) ANDRES R. NARVASAChief Justice
Cite This Law
Assignment of Cases for Newly Organized Courts, Supreme Court Administrative Circular No. 1-94, Jan 13, 1994 (Philippines)
Assignment of Cases for Newly Organized Courts, Supreme Court Administrative Circular No. 1-94 (Phil. 1994)
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