Practice question
Under Canon III, Section 12 of the 2025 CJCA, voluntary inhibition is exercised on what basis?
- Any litigant’s unsubstantiated demand automatically controls
- Sound discretion for just or valid reasons other than the mandatory grounds
- The judge’s desire to avoid every difficult case
- A private payment from counsel
- The clerk’s unilateral preference
Legal references
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/11/100836 — 2025 CJCA, Canon III, Sections 2 and 9–13.
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_137_judicial.html — Rule 137, Sections 1–2, judicial disqualification.
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