ADMINISTRATIVE
CIRCULAR NO. 25
TO:
ALL
JUDGES OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS, METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURTS,
MUNICIPAL
TRIAL COURTS IN CITIES, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL
COURTS AND SHARI'A COURTS
SUBJECT:
USE OF
BLACK ROBES BY TRIAL JUDGES.
Pursuant to
Sections
5 and 6, Article 8 of the Constitution, and in order to heighten public
consiousness on the solemnity of judicial proceedings, it is hereby
directed
that beginning Tuesday, August 1, 1989, all Presiding Judges of all
trial
courts shall wear black robes during sessions of their respective
Courts.cralaw:red
Black robes
or Judge's
gowns to be used by the Presiding Judges shall be of simple design,
without
adornments. Each judge shall be furnished one black robe by the Supreme
Court.cralaw:red
June 9,
1989.
[Sgd.]
MARCELO
B. FERNANChief
Justice |