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Practice question: Appeal by Certiorari to SC (Rule 45)

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Practice question

State Rule 45’s ordinary filing period after a qualifying timely reconsideration denial and the conditions and limit of its extension mechanism.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html — Rule 45 sections 1–6, verified petition, legal questions, fifteen-day period, qualified thirty-day extension and discretionary review.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2005/sep2005/gr_141524_2005.html — Neypes v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 141524, September 14, 2005, fresh-period principle applied to Rule 45.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/jan2025/gr_252841_2025.html — Planters Development Bank v. Heirs of Nilo P. Delos Santos, G.R. No. 252841, January 15, 2025, main decision on the general legal-question rule and conflicting RTC and CA findings as an exception.

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