Practice question
Does the ability to use flexible administrative procedure remove the fundamental duty to consider a party’s properly presented case?
- Yes; flexibility always makes defense evidence irrelevant.
- No; the fundamental hearing and consideration safeguards remain.
- Yes; only the agency’s stationery matters.
- Yes; any adverse rumor necessarily proves liability.
- No, because every administrative step must duplicate a criminal jury trial.
Legal references
- Ang Tibay v. Court of Industrial Relations, G.R. No. 46496, February 27, 1940, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1940/feb1940/gr_46496_1940.html
- Labastida v. Quires, G.R. No. 251903, January 27, 2025, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/jan2025/gr_251903_2025.html
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