Practice question
In Ang Tibay’s administrative framework, may a tribunal treat uncorroborated rumor or mere suspicion as automatically equivalent to substantial evidence?
- Yes, all suspicion is conclusive
- Yes, the number of accusers alone controls
- Yes, relevance never matters
- No, the record must contain relevant evidence a reasonable mind can accept as adequate
- Yes, administrative flexibility abolishes the evidentiary threshold
Legal references
- Ang Tibay v. Court of Industrial Relations, G.R. No. 46496, February 27, 1940, main opinion: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1940/feb1940/gr_46496_1940.html
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