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The Department of Justice (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Katarungan, abbreviated as DOJ) is under the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for upholding the rule of law in the Philippines. It is the government's principal law agency, serving as its legal counsel and prosecution arm. [2]
The new building for city's courts, on the other hand, will be built on the site of the old GSIS building near Manila City Hall along Arroceros street, beside SM City Manila. [7] On August 22, 2012, there was a so-called "ground-breaking" for a new House of Justice hall on the lot with the GSIS old building, the eighth such ceremony. [8]
Hall of Justice Building at City Hall Compound, Diliman, Quezon City Source Taken using my own camera with model DSC-WX80 Date 2018-02-07 Author Patrick Roque Permission (Reusing this file) See below.
3.11 Under Chief Justice Querube Makalintal (1973–1975) 3.12 Incumbent Supreme Court Justices During the Chief Justiceship of Fred Ruiz Castro (1976–1979) 3.13 Incumbent Supreme Court Justices During the Chief Justiceship of Felix V. Makasiar (1985)
The Philippine Organic Act of 1902 further provides that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and its six Associate Justices shall be appointed by the President of the United States with the consent and advice of the U.S. Senate. [8] The enactment of the Administrative Code of 1917 made the Supreme Court the highest tribunal.
The Philippine House Committee on Justice, or House Justice Committee is a standing committee of the Philippine House of Representatives. Its chairperson also sits as an ex officio member of the Judicial and Bar Council from January 1 to June 30 of the calendar year.
The first attempt to impeach a Chief Justice, in 2003, was quashed by the Supreme Court. [2]: 366–367 Corona was impeached in 2012, the first time a Chief Justice had been impeached in Philippine history. [30] His successor, Maria Lourdes Sereno, also had impeachment proceedings brought against her.
The Supreme Court of the Philippines occupies a buildings on a lot owned by the University of the Philippines Manila. The court has not owned its own property in its almost 100 years of existence. As early as August 2014, the Supreme Court has expressed its plans to move to Bonifacio Global City (BGC). [1]