Dismissing an Employee on the Ground of Pregnancy Out of Wedlock – Valid or Not?

May an employer dismiss an employee on the ground that the latter got pregnant out of wedlock? What if the employer is a strict Catholic school that imposes strict religious regulations, will this alone validate the dismissal made to the erring employee?

This situation has been raised many times before the Supreme Court, including this 2015 case concerning a well known Catholic school for girls.

When is Substitution of a Candidate in Philippine Elections Valid?

Elections in the Philippines is like a game of basketball; it has teams that is backed up by fans (the electorate), it concerns huge money (just imagine the advertisement fees basketball players receive), and everyone loves to see their teams make it in the finals.

Like in basketball, there is also substitution in elections.

This is the primary issue in the 2013 case of Tagolino vs. HRET (G.R. No. 202202, March 19, 2013). Reading through this pillar case will make you understand when a substitution of a candidate is proper.

The Rule on Chain of Custody as Decided in One Case by the Supreme Court.

“We were just selling star apples” – this was the alibi of the appellants before the court when they were required to show their version of the alleged pot session incident against them.

In this 2015 case (January 14, 2015), the Supreme Court decided a case concerning two appellants reported to have been engaged in a shabu pot session in Baranggay Cuyab, San Pedro, Laguna.

On 29 March 2005, at around 6:00 in the evening, a confidential informant reported to SPO3 Melchor dela Peña (SPO3 Dela Peña) of the San Pedro Municipal Police Station, San Pedro, Laguna, that a pot session was taking place at the house of a certain “Obet” located at Barangay Cuyab, San Pedro, Laguna. Upon receipt of the information, SPO3 Dela Peña formed a team to conduct police operations against the suspect. The team was composed of the confidential informant, PO2 Rommel Bautista (PO2 Bautista), PO3 Jay Parunggao (PO3 Parunggao), PO1 Jifford Signap and SPO3 Dela Peña as team leader.

Is Failure to Make Love During the Marriage a Ground to Declare a Marriage Void?

Will a marriage be properly declared a void marriage if the husband and wife fails to have sexual congregation during their marriage?

The Supreme Court answered this question in a decided 1997 case entitled “Chi Ming Tsoi vs. Court ofAppeals and Gina Lao-Tsoi”.

In the said case, the couple were married in May 22,1988 at the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros, Manila. Everything was like a normal wedding gathering thereafter. After the said important event, the couple went to the husband’s mother’s house. Of course, at this moment, a honeymoon is expected of the couple.

But this did not happen.

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Philippine Jurisprudence Digest is an online law blog that tackles Philippine cases/ jurisprudence. The Supreme Court from time to time decides numerous cases, some of which are relevant to one ordinary Juan. We have to admit, some of the Supreme Court decisions affect us Filipinos as a nation, whether one is a CEO of a corporation in Makati or a jeepney driver in Espana, Manila. This law blog has the mission of dissecting these relevant cases in a form that is understandable to everyone.