Practice question
Two courts of the same grade are governed by a Supreme Court procedural rule. Without any authority, one judge issues a local rule directly contradicting it solely because the judge prefers a different filing process. Which principle is implicated?
- Every judge has unlimited power to repeal national court rules
- Local preference always prevails
- Only litigants decide which court rule applies
- Every procedural rule must be unique to one courtroom
- The constitutional rule-making allocation and uniformity for courts of the same grade
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VIII, Section 5(5): https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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