Practice question
An unauthorized-counsel contempt petition relates to a pending principal action. The private petitioner insists it must automatically be treated as an undocketed incident of that action, with no separate proceeding and no discretionary consolidation order. Which is correct?
- Every related charge is automatically undocketed
- Section4 provides separate docketing, hearing and decision unless the court orders consolidation in its discretion
- Only the respondent may decide consolidation
- The principal action necessarily disappears
- An undocketed allegation is automatically a final sentence
Legal references
- Rule71 Sections3–7,11: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
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