Practice question
After a kalikasan petition is filed, respondents say no related civil, criminal or administrative case can ever proceed because the writ exclusively absorbs all possible liability. Which is correct?
- The writ immunizes respondents from all other proceedings
- Rule7 Section17 expressly preserves separate civil, criminal and administrative actions
- Every separate action automatically succeeds
- Individual damages are automatically added to the writ judgment instead
- The petition is necessarily void whenever any other action exists
Legal references
- AM09-6-8-SC Rule7 Sections15 and17: https://lawphil.net/courts/supreme/am/am_09-6-8-sc_2010.html
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