Practice question
A case is submitted for resolution. Counsel argues that no decision deadline can run because the court may decide with or without memoranda. Which is correct under Section 1(c)?
- The absence of memoranda necessarily permits indefinite delay.
- The deadline begins only on counsel’s preferred date.
- The court need never serve the decision.
- A memorandum is always an indispensable jurisdictional pleading.
- The court must decide and serve copies within the prescribed ninety calendar days from submission, with or without memoranda.
Legal references
- 2019 Amendments to Civil Procedure, Rules 23-34, particularly the current provisions cited in each explanation: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
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