Practice question
A party timely invokes CTA certiorari over an RTC local-tax interlocutory order and satisfies all filing requirements. It argues timeliness conclusively establishes grave abuse without examining the order. Which is correct?
- Every timely petition must necessarily be granted.
- Timeliness is a procedural requirement; the jurisdictional-error claim still needs its own factual and legal basis.
- The underlying order is automatically void without inquiry.
- No distinction exists between filing a case and winning it.
- Only the petition's page count determines abuse.
Legal references
- City of Manila v. Grecia-Cuerdo, G.R.175723, February4,2014, EN BANC MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2014/feb2014/gr_175723_2014.html
- Rule65 Section4 as applied in Manila Electric Co. v. N.E. Magno Construction, G.R.208181, August31,2016, MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/aug2016/gr_208181_2016.html
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