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DANTE O. TINGA
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MINITA V. CHICO-NAZARIO
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PRESBITERO J. VELASCO, JR.

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ANTONIO EDUARDO B. NACHURA

EN BANC Associate Justice

RESOLUTION RUBEN T. REYES

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A.M. No. 07-7-12-SC - AMENDMENTS TO RULES 41, 45, 58 AND 65 OF THE RULES OF TERESITA J. LEONARDO-DE CASTRO
COURT Associate Justice

Acting on the recommendation of the Chairperson and Members of the Subcommittee on the AMENDMENTS TO RULES 41, 45, 58 AND 65 OF THE RULES OF COURT
Revision of Rule 65 submitting for this Courts consideration and approval the proposed
amendments to Rules 41, 45, 58 and 65 of the Rules of Court, the Court Resolved to APPROVE RULE 41
the same. chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary

This Resolution shall take effect on December 27. 2007 following its publication in a newspaper Section 1. Subject of appeal. An appeal may be taken from a judgment or final order that
of general circulation. completely disposes of the case, or of a particular matter therein when declared by these Rules
to be appealable. chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary

No appeal may be taken from:

December 4, 2007.
1. An order denying a petition for relief or any similar motion seeking relief from judgment;

RENATO S. PUNO 2. An interlocutory order;

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3. An order disallowing or dismissing an appeal;
LEONARO A. QUISUMBING
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the ground of fraud, mistake or duress, or any other ground vitiating consent;
CONSUELO YNARES-SANTIAGO
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ANGELINA SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ 6. A judgment or final order for or against one or more of several parties or in separate claims,
Associate Justice counterclaims, cross-claims and third-party complaints, while the main case is pending, unless
the court allows an appeal therefrom; and chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
ANTONIO T. CARPIO
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MA. ALICIA AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ In any of the foregoing circumstances, the aggrieved party may file an appropriate special civil
Associate Justice action as provided in Rule 65. chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary

RENATO C. CORONA RULE 45

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CONCHITA CARPIO MORALES Section 1. Filing of petition with Supreme Court. A party desiring to appeal by certiorari from a
Associate Justice judgment, final order or resolution of the Court of Appeals, the Sandiganbayan, the Court of Tax
Appeals, the Regional Trial Court or other courts, whenever authorized by law, may file with the
ADOLFO S. AZCUNA Supreme Court a verified petition for review on certiorari. The petition may include an application
for a writ of preliminary injunction or other provisional remedies and shall raise only questions of jurisdiction. If the petition involves an act or an omission of a quasi-judicial agency, unless
law, which must be distinctly set forth. The petitioner may seek the same provisional remedies otherwise provided by law or these rules, the petition shall be filed with and be cognizable only
by verified motion filed in the same action or proceeding at any time during its pendency. by the Court of Appeals. chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary

RULE 58
Sec. 5. Preliminary injunction not granted without notice; exception. No preliminary injunction
shall be granted without hearing and prior notice to the party or persons sought to be enjoined. If
it shall appear from facts shown by affidavits or by the verified application that great or
irreparable injury would result to the applicant before the matter can be heard on notice, the
court to which the application for preliminary injunction was made, may issue ex parte a
temporary restraining order to be effective only for a period of twenty (20) days from service on
the party or person sought to be enjoined, except as herein provided. Within the twenty-day
period, the court must order said party or person to show cause at a specified time and place,
why the injunction should not be granted. The court shall also determine, within the same period,
whether or not the preliminary injunction shall be granted, and accordingly issue the
corresponding order.
However, subject to the provisions of the preceding sections, if the matter is of extreme urgency
and the applicant will suffer grave injustice and irreparable injury, the executive judge of a
multiple-sala court or the presiding judge of a single-sala court may issue ex parte a temporary
restraining order effective for only seventy-two (72) hours from issuance, but shall immediately
comply with the provisions of the next preceding section as to service of summons and the
documents to be served therewith. Thereafter, within the aforesaid seventy-two (72) hours, the
judge before whom the case is pending shall conduct a summary hearing to determine whether
the temporary restraining order shall be extended until the application for preliminary injunction
can be heard. In no case shall the total period of effectivity of the temporary restraining order
exceed twenty (20) days, including the original seventy-two hours provided herein.
In the event that the application for preliminary injunction is denied or not resolved within the
said period, the temporary restraining order is deemed automatically vacated. The effectivity of a
temporary restraining order is not extendible without need of any judicial declaration to that
effect, and no court shall have authority to extend or renew the same on the same ground for
which it was issued.
However, if issued by the Court of Appeals or a member thereof, the temporary restraining order
shall be effective for sixty (60) days from service on the party or person sought to be enjoined. A
restraining order issued by the Supreme Court or a member thereof shall be effective until
further orders.
In election cases involving an act or an omission of a municipal or a regional trial court, the
petition shall be filed exclusively with the Commission on Elections, in aid of its appellate
jurisdiction. chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
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Sec. 7. Expediting proceedings; injunctive relief. The court in which the petition is filed may
issue orders expediting the proceedings, and it may also grant a temporary restraining order or a
writ of preliminary injunction for the preservation of the rights of the parties pending such
proceedings. The petition shall not interrupt the course of the principal case, unless a temporary
restraining order or a writ of preliminary injunction has been issued, enjoining the public
respondent from further proceeding with the case.
The public respondent shall proceed with the principal case within ten (10) days from the filing of
a petition for certiorari with a higher court or tribunal, absent a temporary restraining order or a
preliminary injunction, or upon its expiration. Failure of the public respondent to proceed with the
principal case may be a ground for an administrative charge.
Sec. 8. Proceedings after comment is filed. After the comment or other pleadings required by
the court are filed, or the time for the filing thereof has expired, the court may hear the case or
require the parties to submit memoranda. If, after such hearing or filing of memoranda or upon
the expiration of the period for filing, the court finds that the allegations of the petition are true, it
shall render judgment for such relief to which the petitioner is
entitled. chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
However, the court may dismiss the petition if it finds the same patently without merit or
prosecuted manifestly for delay, or if the questions raised therein are too unsubstantial to require
consideration. In such event, the court may award in favor of the respondent treble costs
solidarily against the petitioner and counsel, in addition to subjecting counsel to administrative
sanctions under Rules 139 and 139-B of the Rules of Court. chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
The Court may impose motu proprio, based on res ipsa loquitur, other disciplinary sanctions or
measures on erring lawyers for patently dilatory and unmeritorious petitions for certiorari.

The trial court, the Court of Appeals, the Sandiganbyan or the Court of Tax Appeals that issued
a writ of preliminary injunction against a lower court, board, officer, or quasi-judicial agency shall
decide the main case or petition within six (6) months from the issuance of the writ.

RULE 65

Sec. 4. When and where to file the petition. The petition shall be filed not later than sixty (60)
days from notice of the judgment, order or resolution. In case a motion for reconsideration or
new trial is timely filed, whether such motion is required or not, the petition shall be filed not later
than sixty (60) days counted from the notice of the denial of the
motion. chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary

If the petition relates to an act or an omission of a municipal trial court or of a corporation, a

board, an officer or a person, it shall be filed with the Regional Trial Court exercising jurisdiction
over the territorial area as defined by the Supreme Court. It may also be filed with the Court of
Appeals or with the Sandiganbayan, whether or not the same is in aid of the courts appellate