Effective
immediately
and until further action of the Court, all pleadings, briefs,
memoranda,
motions, and other papers to be filed before the Supreme Court and the
Court of Appeals shall either be typewritten on good quality unglazed
paper,
or mimeographed or printed on newsprint or mimeograph paper, 11 inches
in length by 8-1/2 inches in width (commonly known as letter size) or
13
inches in length by 8-1/2 inches in width (commonly known as legal
size).
There shall be a margin at the top and at the left-hand side of each
page
not less than 1-1/2 inches in width. The contents shall be written
double-spaced
and only one side of the page shall be used.cralaw:red
In the
Supreme Court,
eighteen (18) legible copies of the petition shall initially be filed,
and eighteen (18) copies of subsequent pleadings, briefs, memoranda,
motions
and other papers shall be filed in cases for consideration of the Court
En Banc and nine (9) copies in cases to be heard before a
division.
One (1) copy thereof shall be served upon each of the adverse parties
in
either case.cralaw:red
For said
purpose,
the following are considered En Banc cases:chanrobles virtual law library
(1) Cases
in which
the constitutionality or validity of any treaty, international or
executive
agreement, law, executive order, or presidential decree, proclamation,
order, instruction, ordinance, or regulation is in question;
(2)
Criminal cases
in which the appealed decision imposes the death penalty;
(3)
Criminal cases
wherein a change of venue or place of trial to avoid a miscarriage of
justice
is requested or may be involved;
(4) Cases
raising
novel questions of law;
(5) Cases
affecting
ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls;
(6) Cases
involving
decisions, resolutions or orders of the Civil Service Commission,
Commission
on Elections, Commission on Audit and of the Office of the Ombudsman in
administrative disciplinary cases;
(7) Cases
where the
penalty to be imposed is the dismissal of a judge, officer or employee
of the Judiciary, disbarment of a lawyer, or either the suspension of
any
of them for a period of more than one [1] year or a fine exceeding P10,000.00,
or both;
(8) Cases
where a
doctrine or principle laid down by the Court En Banc or in
division
may be modified or reversed;
(9) Cases
assigned
to a division which in the opinion of at least three [3] members
thereof
merit the attention of the Court En Banc and are acceptable to
a
majority of the actual membership of the Court En Banc; and cralaw:red
(10) All
other cases
as the Court En Banc or by a majority of its actual membership
may
deem of sufficient importance to merit its attention.
