Cases penned by the 2027 Bar Chair

Rules and regulations limiting the substitution of party-list nominees do not lose their mandatory character even after elections, in order to safeguard the electorate's will as cast in the ballots.

Compelling the right to information by mandamus requires that the information sought be a matter of public concern and not exempt by law from the constitutional guarantee.

Gross negligence requires an act or omission, in a situation where there is a duty to act, done not inadvertently but willfully and intentionally with conscious indifference to consequences.

GOCCs "are always subject to the supervision and control of the President," so their allowances and benefits require prior Presidential approval through the DBM despite charter authority to fix compensation.

The reglementary period to file a petition to deny due course to or cancel a certificate of candidacy for misrepresenting one's voter registration must be strictly applied.

Only rank-and-file employees who are members of the negotiating unit are entitled to CNA benefits; high-level managerial, confidential, and coterminous employees, lawyers, and executives are not.

Sexual intercourse between two consenting adults with no legal impediment to marry is not immoral; the standard for gauging immoral conduct is public and secular, not religious.

A seasonal employee is a regular employee if they perform seasonal work and are employed to perform it for more than one season.

A petition may be dismissed for procedural infirmities that persist despite the Court's chance to cure them, and mere allegations of advocacy without personal injury do not confer standing.

An administrative complaint is not the appropriate remedy for every act of a judge deemed aberrant or irregular where a judicial remedy exists and is available.