Practice question
After an adverse CTA Division civil judgment, a party skips the required Division motion and En Banc review and goes directly to the Supreme Court under Rule 16. It argues that fifteen-day filing alone makes the route proper. Which conclusion is strongest?
- Speed always excuses skipped review levels
- Rule 16 identifies review of a CTA En Banc decision; timely filing alone does not cure bypassing the required CTA sequence
- Every Division judgment is automatically an En Banc judgment
- The taxpayer may create a new appellate hierarchy
- The skipped steps are tax payments
Legal references
- RRCTA Rules 8 and 16: https://cta.judiciary.gov.ph/downloads/download/AM_No_05-11-07-CTA.pdf
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