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title="Wife">married women</a>, the birth <a href="/wiki/Middle_name" title="Middle name">middle name</a> or maternal <a href="/wiki/Surname" title="Surname">family name</a> is <i>Jose</i>, the birth surname or paternal family name is <i>Leonardo</i>, and the <a href="/wiki/Maiden_and_married_names" title="Maiden and married names">marital name</a> is <i>de Castro</i>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) 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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rodrigo_Duterte" title="Rodrigo Duterte">Rodrigo Duterte</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maria_Lourdes_Sereno" title="Maria Lourdes Sereno">Maria Lourdes Sereno</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>De facto</i>)</span> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Renato_Corona" title="Renato Corona">Renato Corona</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>De jure</i>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lucas_Bersamin" title="Lucas Bersamin">Lucas Bersamin</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">160th <a href="/wiki/Associate_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_Philippines" title="Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines">Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 3, 2007 – August 28, 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gloria_Macapagal_Arroyo" title="Gloria Macapagal Arroyo">Gloria Macapagal Arroyo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cancio_Garcia" title="Cancio Garcia">Cancio Garcia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rosmari_Carandang" title="Rosmari Carandang">Rosmari Carandang</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">4th <a href="/wiki/Sandiganbayan" title="Sandiganbayan">Presiding Justice of the Sandiganbayan</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />September 8, 1997 – December 3, 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fidel_V._Ramos" title="Fidel V. Ramos">Fidel V. Ramos</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Romulo Quimbo</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Ediberto Sandoval (acting)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Teresita Jose Leonardo</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1948-10-10</span>) </span>October 10, 1948<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 76)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a>, Philippines</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Eduardo de Castro</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_the_Philippines" title="University of the Philippines">University of the Philippines</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">AB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">LLB</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Teresita Leonardo de Castro</b> (born <b>Teresita Jose Leonardo</b>; October 10, 1948)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a Filipina who served as the 24th <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines">chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines</a>; she was appointed by President <a href="/wiki/Rodrigo_Duterte" title="Rodrigo Duterte">Rodrigo Duterte</a> on August 28, 2018. She assumed the vacated position once her predecessor, <a href="/wiki/Maria_Lourdes_Sereno" title="Maria Lourdes Sereno">Maria Lourdes Sereno</a>, was removed via a <a href="/wiki/Quo_warranto_petition_against_Maria_Lourdes_Sereno" title="Quo warranto petition against Maria Lourdes Sereno"><i>quo warranto</i> petition</a> (by declaring Sereno a <i>de facto</i> chief justice and making her 2012 appointment null and void <i>ab initio</i>); making De Castro the <i>de jure</i> 24th chief justice, and the first female chief justice of the Supreme Court.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>De Castro officially retired on October 10, 2018, after reaching the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_Philippines#Composition_and_manner_of_appointment" title="Supreme Court of the Philippines">mandatory retirement age of 70</a>; merely 46 days after serving as Chief Justice, surpassing the record of former Chief Justice <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Yap" title="Pedro Yap">Pedro Yap</a> of being the shortest-tenured Chief Justice.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to her appointment to the Supreme Court by President <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Macapagal_Arroyo" title="Gloria Macapagal Arroyo">Gloria Macapagal Arroyo</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> she had been the Presiding Justice of the <a href="/wiki/Sandiganbayan" title="Sandiganbayan">Sandiganbayan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Profile">Profile</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teresita_de_Castro&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Profile"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>De Castro's parents are Fortunato R. Leonardo and Maxima Jose of <a href="/wiki/Para%C3%B1aque" title="Parañaque">Parañaque</a>. De Castro resides at Merville Subdivision, <a href="/wiki/Para%C3%B1aque" title="Parañaque">Parañaque</a>. She is married to businessman Eduardo A. De Castro and they have three children: Maria Cherell, Christine Genevive, and Edouard Anthony. Her half-brother, Eduardo L. Leonardo works as executive assistant VI in Sandiganbayan.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>De Castro finished her grade school (1960) and high school education (valedictorian, 1964) at St. Paul College of Parañaque, and earned her political science degree (cum laude, 1968) and Bachelor of Laws (1972) at the University of the Philippines. She passed the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Bar_Examination" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine Bar Examination">Philippine Bar Examination</a> of November, 1972 with bar rating of 80.9%.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She started her judicial career as a law clerk, legal and judicial assistant in the Supreme Court of the Philippines,(1973–1978). She was appointed DOJ State Counsel I and II (1978–1985), and promoted to senior state counsel (1985–1987), supervising state counsel, and chief of the Legal Staff (1988–1989). Before her Sandiganbayan appointment, De Castro was State Counsel V and Legal Staff head at the DOJ (1989–1995).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> De Castro was the Presiding Justice and Chair of the First Division, Sandiganbayan at the time of her appointment to the High Court.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She held the position of President-elect of the <a href="/wiki/International_Association_of_Women_Judges" title="International Association of Women Judges">International Association of Women Judges</a> (IAWJ) from 2012 to 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is also the Chairwoman of the 2015 <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Bar_Examination" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine Bar Examination">Philippine Bar Examination</a> committee.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 25, 2018, President Duterte announced his appointment of De Castro as the new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, replacing <a href="/wiki/Maria_Lourdes_Sereno" title="Maria Lourdes Sereno">Maria Lourdes Sereno</a> who was removed from office by way of an 8–6 decision by the Supreme Court over a quo warranto petition.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She formally assumed the office on August 28.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_trial_of_Joseph_Estrada">The trial of Joseph Estrada</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teresita_de_Castro&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The trial of Joseph Estrada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Trial_of_Joseph_Estrada" title="Trial of Joseph Estrada">Trial of Joseph Estrada</a></div> <p>De Castro headed the anti-graft court's special division on the perjury and plunder trial of former President <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Estrada" title="Joseph Estrada">Joseph Estrada</a>. Estrada's son, Senator <a href="/wiki/Jinggoy_Estrada" title="Jinggoy Estrada">Jinggoy Estrada</a> also faced charges. The trial finished in September 2007. Estrada was acquitted of perjury charges but found guilty of plunder and sentenced to life imprisonment.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All the co-defendants, including Senator Jinggoy Estrada, were acquitted of all charges. </p><p>Estrada appealed the decision<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and called the court (and De Castro, as head of it) "a kangaroo court", while President <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Macapagal_Arroyo" title="Gloria Macapagal Arroyo">Gloria Macapagal Arroyo</a> said the court's decision must be accepted.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>De Castro was appointed to the Supreme Court soon after the end of the highly politicized trial. This led to some accusations of <i><a href="/wiki/Quid_pro_quo" title="Quid pro quo">quid pro quo</a></i>. People claimed that she had convicted former President Estrada in exchange for a seat on the Supreme Court.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She vigorously denied those rumors, claiming that she had been a candidate for a seat on the high court before her involvement in the case. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appointment_to_the_Supreme_Court">Appointment to the Supreme Court</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teresita_de_Castro&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Appointment to the Supreme Court"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leonardojf.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Leonardojf.JPG/150px-Leonardojf.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Leonardojf.JPG/225px-Leonardojf.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Leonardojf.JPG/300px-Leonardojf.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Judge%27s_chambers" title="Judge's chambers">Chambers</a> of Teresita Leonardo-De Castro (new <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_Philippines" title="Supreme Court of the Philippines">Supreme Court of the Philippines</a> building)</figcaption></figure> <p>On October 16, 2007, the <a href="/wiki/Judicial_and_Bar_Council" title="Judicial and Bar Council">Judicial and Bar Council</a> (JBC) announced the final nominees to the Associate Justice <a href="/wiki/Cancio_Garcia" title="Cancio Garcia">Cancio Garcia</a>'s vacant seat. Teresita De Castro, Justices Edgardo Cruz and <a href="/wiki/Martin_Villarama" class="mw-redirect" title="Martin Villarama">Martin Villarama</a>, got seven out of eight votes, while Associate Justices Francisco Villaruz and Edilberto G. Sandoval and Labor Secretary <a href="/wiki/Arturo_D._Brion" class="mw-redirect" title="Arturo D. Brion">Arturo D. Brion</a> got five votes each (from the JBC). Under Philippine law, the president has 90 days to choose from among the final nominees.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Senator <a href="/wiki/Jinggoy_Estrada" title="Jinggoy Estrada">Jinggoy Estrada</a> (son of Joseph), vowed to block the appointment to the Supreme Court of Sandiganbayan Justices Teresita de Castro and Francisco Villaruz, Jr. (who convicted his father – President <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Estrada" title="Joseph Estrada">Joseph Estrada</a>). Jinggoy argued that: "<i>Such a promotion would seem like a reward in exchange for the guilty verdict against the deposed President. We are convinced, then and now, that the special court created to exclusively try the case of President Estrada was established precisely to convict him, which is what exactly happened</i>."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>De Castro was sworn by Chief Justice <a href="/wiki/Reynato_S._Puno" class="mw-redirect" title="Reynato S. Puno">Reynato S. Puno</a> on December 4, 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Teresita de Castro stated: "Everything happens in God's time. I believe that my 34 years of service in the judiciary and a good track record make me qualified for this position." Immediately after being sworn in, she participated in her first en banc session.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>De Castro became controversial when she was the Sandiganbayan's Presiding Justice after her division convicted former President <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Estrada" title="Joseph Estrada">Joseph Estrada</a> for graft. Many believed that her decision was related to her subsequent appointment by former President <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Macapagal_Arroyo" title="Gloria Macapagal Arroyo">Gloria Macapagal Arroyo</a> as the 160th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 2007 in exchange of her favorable decision.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reactions_to_her_appointment_to_the_Supreme_Court">Reactions to her appointment to the Supreme Court</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teresita_de_Castro&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reactions to her appointment to the Supreme Court"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Estrada" title="Joseph Estrada">Joseph Estrada</a> called the appointment of Teresita de Castro as a "reward for an unjust conviction [of him]".<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sen. <a href="/wiki/Francis_Pangilinan" title="Francis Pangilinan">Francis Pangilinan</a> questioned de Castro's appointment in light of her impending retirement on October 8, saying it "does not help in the strengthening of the rule of law."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Former <a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_of_the_Philippines" title="Solicitor General of the Philippines">Solicitor General</a> <a href="/wiki/Florin_Hilbay" title="Florin Hilbay">Florin Hilbay</a> and opposition lawmaker Gary Alejano said that de Castro's appointment may be considered as the President's way of paying his debt of gratitude to the second most senior magistrate of the high court.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Minority Leader <a href="/wiki/Aquilino_Pimentel,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.">Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.</a> said: "That is the President's call and I do not question it. Of course, other persons may have personal reasons for objecting to the appointment of Justice De Castro. But you cannot please everyone."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On December 4, 2007, Senate President <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Villar" class="mw-redirect" title="Manuel Villar">Manuel Villar</a> and Senate President Pro-Tempore <a href="/wiki/Jinggoy_Estrada" title="Jinggoy Estrada">Jinggoy Estrada</a> (the son of Joseph) questioned the timing of de Castro's appointment. Villar stated that: "The appointment coming so soon after de Castro's Division had convicted former President Joseph Estrada is bad timing. It gives the impression that it was her reward for convicting Erap [Estrada's nickname]." Jinggoy Estrada said: "A few months after the conviction of President Estrada, she [de Castro] was immediately appointed to the Supreme Court. I think there was a deal between Malacañang and Sandiganbayan that if she convicts Estrada, she would be appointed to the Supreme Court. That gave political color to the decision of Sandiganbayan. I think she is qualified to be an associate justice. It's just that the timing is wrong. If I were Justice de Castro, I would have refused the appointment out of delicadeza [good taste]. It did not look good in the eyes of the public."</li> <li>Sen. <a href="/wiki/Richard_Gordon_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Gordon (politician)">Richard Gordon</a> stated that "de Castro is highly qualified for the High Tribunal and that her appointment could not be interpreted as "reward" for her decision on the Erap plunder case. Malacañang had ignored the Sandiganbayan's guilty verdict and granted absolute pardon to the former president."<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita defended the appointment of Teresita de Castro noting that she was nominated several times to the post but because she was still handling the Estrada case she was bypassed twice. He added that de Castro deserved the appointment.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Testimony_against_Sereno">Testimony against Sereno</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teresita_de_Castro&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Testimony against Sereno"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>De Castro was one of five sitting justices who sought to nullify the appointment of <a href="/wiki/Maria_Lourdes_Sereno" title="Maria Lourdes Sereno">Maria Lourdes Sereno</a> as the country's top magistrate. De Castro and Sereno were both shortlisted by the Judicial and Bar Council in 2012 for the Chief Justiceship but then-President <a href="/wiki/Benigno_Aquino_III" title="Benigno Aquino III">Benigno Aquino III</a> appointed the latter to the post. Along with four other members, she was accused of exhausting legal remedies to oust the incumbent Chief Justice. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chief_Justice">Chief Justice</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teresita_de_Castro&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Chief Justice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On August 25, 2018, De Castro was appointed by President <a href="/wiki/Rodrigo_Duterte" title="Rodrigo Duterte">Rodrigo Duterte</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines">Chief Justice of the Supreme Court</a>, following the ouster of <a href="/wiki/Maria_Lourdes_Sereno" title="Maria Lourdes Sereno">Maria Lourdes Sereno</a> via <i><a href="/wiki/Quo_warranto_petition_against_Maria_Lourdes_Sereno" title="Quo warranto petition against Maria Lourdes Sereno">quo warranto</a></i>. She served 46 days until her mandatory retirement on her 70th birthday on 10 October. De Castro's appointment was criticized due to her expected short term of two months since she is obligated to retire on October 8, 2018, as well as her role as one of the five sitting justices who sought to nullify the appointment of Sereno as Chief Justice.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education_and_Qualifications">Education and Qualifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teresita_de_Castro&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Education and Qualifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="University_and_Law_School">University and Law School</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teresita_de_Castro&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: University and Law School"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>AB Political Science: <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_Philippines_Diliman" title="University of the Philippines Diliman">University of the Philippines Diliman</a> (cum laude, 1968)</li> <li>Bachelor of Laws: <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_Philippines_Diliman" title="University of the Philippines Diliman">University of the Philippines Diliman</a> (1972)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Training_Courses">Training Courses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teresita_de_Castro&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Training Courses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Seminar on Loan Negotiation and Renegotiation (August 9 to September 5, 1986), International Law Institute, Washington D.C.</li> <li>Program of Instruction for Lawyers (June 11–21, 2004), <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Law_School" title="Harvard Law School">Harvard Law School</a>, Cambridge, Massachusetts</li> <li>Seminar Judging Across Borders: Canadian Judges and International Law, (April 6–9, 2005), National Judicial Institute, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_honors_and_qualifications">Other honors and qualifications</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teresita_de_Castro&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Other honors and qualifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Phi_Kappa_Phi" title="Phi Kappa Phi">Phi Kappa Phi</a> International Honor Society;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pi_Gamma_Mu" title="Pi Gamma Mu">Pi Gamma Mu</a> International Honor Society in the Social Sciences;</li> <li>Vice Chancellor and consistent Member, Order of the Purple Feather, UP College of Law Honor Society;</li> <li>Executive Vice-President, Philippine Women Judges Association;</li> <li>UP Sigma Alpha Sorority;</li> <li>UP College of Law, Portia Sorority and UP Women Lawyers Circle (WILOCI);</li> <li>University and College Scholar at UP Diliman.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Some_notable_opinions">Some notable opinions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teresita_de_Castro&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Some notable opinions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2008/march2008/180643.htm">G.R. No. 180643, <i>Romulo L. Neri Vs. Senate Committee</i>, et al. (2008)</a> – <i>on the principle of executive privilege over Congress' right to information</i></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pcij.org/blog/wp-docs/Estrada/Criminal_Case_No.26558.pdf">Criminal Case No. 26558 <i>People Vs. Joseph Ejercito Estrada</i>, et al. (Sandiganbayan 2007)</a> – <i>on the conviction of former Philippine President <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Estrada" title="Joseph Estrada">Joseph Estrada</a> for the crime of <a href="/wiki/Plunder" class="mw-redirect" title="Plunder">plunder</a> punishable by life imprisonment <a href="/wiki/Reclusi%C3%B3n_perpetua" title="Reclusión perpetua">Reclusión perpetua</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teresita_de_Castro&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_Philippines" title="Supreme Court of the Philippines">Supreme Court of the Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trial_of_Joseph_Estrada" title="Trial of Joseph Estrada">Trial of Joseph Estrada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neri_vs._Senate_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Neri vs. Senate Committee">Neri vs. Senate Committee</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teresita_de_Castro&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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text" href="http://www.gmanews.tv/story/67275/Jinggoy-vows-to-block-Sandigan-justices-appointment-to-SC">gmanews.tv, Jinggoy vows to block Sandigan justices' appointment to SC</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gmanews.tv/story/71177/New-SC-CA-justices-to-be-sworn-in-Tuesday">GmaNews.tv, New SC, CA justices to be sworn in Tuesday</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20070709212017/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=101338">AbsCbn, De Castro takes oath of office</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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jure</a></i></span> </b><br />2018 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Lucas_Bersamin" title="Lucas Bersamin">Lucas Bersamin</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Maria_Lourdes_Sereno" title="Maria Lourdes Sereno">Maria Lourdes Sereno</a> <br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i><a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a> - appointment null and void <a href="/wiki/Ab_initio" title="Ab initio">ab initio</a></i></span></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Cancio_Garcia" title="Cancio Garcia">Cancio Garcia</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Associate_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_Philippines" title="Associate Justice of the 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Tijam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andres_Reyes_Jr." title="Andres Reyes Jr.">A. Reyes Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Gesmundo" title="Alexander Gesmundo">A. Gesmundo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="12" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_Republic_of_the_Philippines.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Seal_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_Republic_of_the_Philippines.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_Republic_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Seal_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_Republic_of_the_Philippines.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_Republic_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Seal_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_Republic_of_the_Philippines.svg/160px-Seal_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_Republic_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="712" data-file-height="712" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="July_12,_2017_–_August_13,_2017:" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:transparent; font-weight: normal;">July 12, 2017 – August 13, 2017:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Carpio" title="Antonio Carpio">A. Carpio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbitero_Velasco_Jr." title="Presbitero Velasco Jr.">P. Velasco Jr.</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">T. Leonardo-de Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diosdado_Peralta" title="Diosdado Peralta">D. Peralta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucas_Bersamin" title="Lucas Bersamin">L. Bersamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariano_del_Castillo" title="Mariano del Castillo">M. Del Castillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_C._Mendoza" title="Jose C. Mendoza">J. Mendoza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estela_Perlas-Bernabe" title="Estela Perlas-Bernabe">E. Perlas-Bernabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvic_Leonen" title="Marvic Leonen">M. Leonen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Jardeleza" title="Francis Jardeleza">F. Jardeleza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfredo_Benjamin_Caguioa" title="Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa">A. Caguioa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Martires" title="Samuel Martires">S. Martires</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_Tijam" title="Noel Tijam">N. Tijam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andres_Reyes_Jr." title="Andres Reyes Jr.">A. Reyes Jr.</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="July_7,_2017_–_July_11,_2017:" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:transparent; font-weight: normal;">July 7, 2017 – July 11, 2017:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Carpio" title="Antonio Carpio">A. Carpio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbitero_Velasco_Jr." title="Presbitero Velasco Jr.">P. Velasco Jr.</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">T. Leonardo-de Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diosdado_Peralta" title="Diosdado Peralta">D. Peralta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucas_Bersamin" title="Lucas Bersamin">L. Bersamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariano_del_Castillo" title="Mariano del Castillo">M. Del Castillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_C._Mendoza" title="Jose C. Mendoza">J. Mendoza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estela_Perlas-Bernabe" title="Estela Perlas-Bernabe">E. Perlas-Bernabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvic_Leonen" title="Marvic Leonen">M. Leonen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Jardeleza" title="Francis Jardeleza">F. Jardeleza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfredo_Benjamin_Caguioa" title="Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa">A. Caguioa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Martires" title="Samuel Martires">S. Martires</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_Tijam" title="Noel Tijam">N. Tijam</a></li> <li><i>Vacant</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="March_8,_2017_–_July_6,_2017:" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:transparent; font-weight: normal;">March 8, 2017 – July 6, 2017:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Carpio" title="Antonio Carpio">A. Carpio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbitero_Velasco_Jr." title="Presbitero Velasco Jr.">P. Velasco Jr.</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">T. Leonardo-de Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diosdado_Peralta" title="Diosdado Peralta">D. Peralta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucas_Bersamin" title="Lucas Bersamin">L. Bersamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariano_del_Castillo" title="Mariano del Castillo">M. Del Castillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_C._Mendoza" title="Jose C. Mendoza">J. Mendoza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bienvenido_L._Reyes" class="mw-redirect" title="Bienvenido L. Reyes">B. Reyes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estela_Perlas-Bernabe" title="Estela Perlas-Bernabe">E. Perlas-Bernabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvic_Leonen" title="Marvic Leonen">M. Leonen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Jardeleza" title="Francis Jardeleza">F. Jardeleza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfredo_Benjamin_Caguioa" title="Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa">A. Caguioa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Martires" title="Samuel Martires">S. Martires</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_Tijam" title="Noel Tijam">N. Tijam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="March_6,_2017_–_March_8,_2017:" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:transparent; font-weight: normal;">March 6, 2017 – March 8, 2017:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Carpio" title="Antonio Carpio">A. Carpio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbitero_Velasco_Jr." title="Presbitero Velasco Jr.">P. Velasco Jr.</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">T. Leonardo-de Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diosdado_Peralta" title="Diosdado Peralta">D. Peralta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucas_Bersamin" title="Lucas Bersamin">L. Bersamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariano_del_Castillo" title="Mariano del Castillo">M. Del Castillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_C._Mendoza" title="Jose C. Mendoza">J. Mendoza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bienvenido_L._Reyes" class="mw-redirect" title="Bienvenido L. Reyes">B. Reyes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estela_Perlas-Bernabe" title="Estela Perlas-Bernabe">E. Perlas-Bernabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvic_Leonen" title="Marvic Leonen">M. Leonen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Jardeleza" title="Francis Jardeleza">F. Jardeleza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfredo_Benjamin_Caguioa" title="Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa">A. Caguioa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Martires" title="Samuel Martires">S. Martires</a></li> <li><i>Vacant</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="December_29,_2016_-_March_6,_2017:" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:transparent; font-weight: normal;">December 29, 2016 - March 6, 2017:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Carpio" title="Antonio Carpio">A. Carpio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbitero_Velasco_Jr." title="Presbitero Velasco Jr.">P. Velasco Jr.</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">T. Leonardo-de Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diosdado_Peralta" title="Diosdado Peralta">D. Peralta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucas_Bersamin" title="Lucas Bersamin">L. Bersamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariano_del_Castillo" title="Mariano del Castillo">M. Del Castillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_C._Mendoza" title="Jose C. Mendoza">J. Mendoza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bienvenido_L._Reyes" class="mw-redirect" title="Bienvenido L. Reyes">B. Reyes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estela_Perlas-Bernabe" title="Estela Perlas-Bernabe">E. Perlas-Bernabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvic_Leonen" title="Marvic Leonen">M. Leonen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Jardeleza" title="Francis Jardeleza">F. Jardeleza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfredo_Benjamin_Caguioa" title="Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa">A. Caguioa</a></li> <li><i>Vacant</i></li> <li><i>Vacant</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="December_14,_2016_-_December_29,_2016:" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:transparent; font-weight: normal;">December 14, 2016 - December 29, 2016:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Carpio" title="Antonio Carpio">A. Carpio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbitero_Velasco_Jr." title="Presbitero Velasco Jr.">P. Velasco Jr.</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">T. Leonardo-de Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arturo_Brion" title="Arturo Brion">A. Brion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diosdado_Peralta" title="Diosdado Peralta">D. Peralta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucas_Bersamin" title="Lucas Bersamin">L. Bersamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariano_del_Castillo" title="Mariano del Castillo">M. Del Castillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_C._Mendoza" title="Jose C. Mendoza">J. Mendoza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bienvenido_L._Reyes" class="mw-redirect" title="Bienvenido L. Reyes">B. Reyes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estela_Perlas-Bernabe" title="Estela Perlas-Bernabe">E. Perlas-Bernabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvic_Leonen" title="Marvic Leonen">M. Leonen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Jardeleza" title="Francis Jardeleza">F. Jardeleza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfredo_Benjamin_Caguioa" title="Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa">A. Caguioa</a></li> <li><i>Vacant</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="January_22,_2016_-_December_14,_2016:" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:transparent; font-weight: normal;">January 22, 2016 - December 14, 2016:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Carpio" title="Antonio Carpio">A. Carpio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbitero_Velasco_Jr." title="Presbitero Velasco Jr.">P. Velasco Jr.</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">T. Leonardo-de Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arturo_Brion" title="Arturo Brion">A. Brion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diosdado_Peralta" title="Diosdado Peralta">D. Peralta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucas_Bersamin" title="Lucas Bersamin">L. Bersamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariano_del_Castillo" title="Mariano del Castillo">M. Del Castillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_P._Perez" title="Jose P. Perez">J. Perez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_C._Mendoza" title="Jose C. Mendoza">J. Mendoza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bienvenido_L._Reyes" class="mw-redirect" title="Bienvenido L. Reyes">B. Reyes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estela_Perlas-Bernabe" title="Estela Perlas-Bernabe">E. Perlas-Bernabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvic_Leonen" title="Marvic Leonen">M. Leonen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Jardeleza" title="Francis Jardeleza">F. Jardeleza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfredo_Benjamin_Caguioa" title="Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa">A. Caguioa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="August_19,_2014_-_January_22,_2016:" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:transparent; font-weight: normal;">August 19, 2014 - January 22, 2016:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Carpio" title="Antonio Carpio">A. Carpio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbitero_Velasco_Jr." title="Presbitero Velasco Jr.">P. Velasco Jr.</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">T. Leonardo-de Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arturo_Brion" title="Arturo Brion">A. Brion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diosdado_Peralta" title="Diosdado Peralta">D. Peralta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucas_Bersamin" title="Lucas Bersamin">L. Bersamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariano_del_Castillo" title="Mariano del Castillo">M. Del Castillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Villarama_Jr." title="Martin Villarama Jr.">M. Villarama Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_P._Perez" title="Jose P. Perez">J. Perez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_C._Mendoza" title="Jose C. Mendoza">J. Mendoza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bienvenido_L._Reyes" class="mw-redirect" title="Bienvenido L. Reyes">B. Reyes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estela_Perlas-Bernabe" title="Estela Perlas-Bernabe">E. Perlas-Bernabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvic_Leonen" title="Marvic Leonen">M. Leonen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Jardeleza" title="Francis Jardeleza">F. Jardeleza</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="May_22,_2014_-_August_19,_2014:" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:transparent; font-weight: normal;">May 22, 2014 - August 19, 2014:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Carpio" title="Antonio Carpio">A. Carpio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbitero_Velasco_Jr." title="Presbitero Velasco Jr.">P. Velasco Jr.</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">T. Leonardo-de Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arturo_Brion" title="Arturo Brion">A. Brion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diosdado_Peralta" title="Diosdado Peralta">D. Peralta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucas_Bersamin" title="Lucas Bersamin">L. Bersamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariano_del_Castillo" title="Mariano del Castillo">M. Del Castillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Villarama_Jr." title="Martin Villarama Jr.">M. Villarama Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_P._Perez" title="Jose P. Perez">J. Perez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_C._Mendoza" title="Jose C. Mendoza">J. Mendoza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bienvenido_L._Reyes" class="mw-redirect" title="Bienvenido L. Reyes">B. Reyes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estela_Perlas-Bernabe" title="Estela Perlas-Bernabe">E. Perlas-Bernabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvic_Leonen" title="Marvic Leonen">M. Leonen</a></li> <li><i>Vacant</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="November_21,_2012_-_May_22,_2014:" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:transparent; font-weight: normal;">November 21, 2012 - May 22, 2014:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Carpio" title="Antonio Carpio">A. Carpio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbitero_Velasco_Jr." title="Presbitero Velasco Jr.">P. Velasco Jr.</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">T. Leonardo-de Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arturo_Brion" title="Arturo Brion">A. Brion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diosdado_Peralta" title="Diosdado Peralta">D. Peralta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucas_Bersamin" title="Lucas Bersamin">L. Bersamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariano_del_Castillo" title="Mariano del Castillo">M. Del Castillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberto_A._Abad" title="Roberto A. Abad">R. Abad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Villarama_Jr." title="Martin Villarama Jr.">M. Villarama Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_P._Perez" title="Jose P. Perez">J. Perez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_C._Mendoza" title="Jose C. Mendoza">J. Mendoza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bienvenido_L._Reyes" class="mw-redirect" title="Bienvenido L. Reyes">B. Reyes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estela_Perlas-Bernabe" title="Estela Perlas-Bernabe">E. Perlas-Bernabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvic_Leonen" title="Marvic Leonen">M. Leonen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="August_25,_2012_-_November_21,_2012:" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:transparent; font-weight: normal;">August 25, 2012 - November 21, 2012:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Carpio" title="Antonio Carpio">A. Carpio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbitero_Velasco_Jr." title="Presbitero Velasco Jr.">P. Velasco Jr.</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">T. Leonardo-de Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arturo_Brion" title="Arturo Brion">A. Brion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diosdado_Peralta" title="Diosdado Peralta">D. Peralta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucas_Bersamin" title="Lucas Bersamin">L. Bersamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariano_del_Castillo" title="Mariano del Castillo">M. Del Castillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberto_A._Abad" title="Roberto A. Abad">R. Abad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Villarama_Jr." title="Martin Villarama Jr.">M. Villarama Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_P._Perez" title="Jose P. Perez">J. Perez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_C._Mendoza" title="Jose C. Mendoza">J. Mendoza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bienvenido_L._Reyes" class="mw-redirect" title="Bienvenido L. Reyes">B. Reyes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estela_Perlas-Bernabe" title="Estela Perlas-Bernabe">E. Perlas-Bernabe</a></li> <li><i>Vacant</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="The_Corona_Court" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Philippine_Supreme_Court_composition" title="Template:Philippine Supreme Court composition"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Philippine_Supreme_Court_composition" title="Template talk:Philippine Supreme Court composition"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Philippine_Supreme_Court_composition" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Philippine Supreme Court composition"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="The_Corona_Court" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">The <a href="/wiki/Renato_Corona" title="Renato Corona">Corona</a> Court</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div>2010–2012</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="16_September_2011_–_29_May_2012:" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:transparent; font-weight: normal;">16 September 2011 – <a href="/wiki/Impeachment_of_Renato_Corona" title="Impeachment of Renato Corona">29 May 2012</a>:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Carpio" title="Antonio Carpio">A. Carpio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbitero_Velasco_Jr." title="Presbitero Velasco Jr.">P. Velasco Jr.</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">T. Leonardo-de Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arturo_Brion" title="Arturo Brion">A. Brion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diosdado_Peralta" title="Diosdado Peralta">D. Peralta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucas_Bersamin" title="Lucas Bersamin">L. Bersamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariano_del_Castillo" title="Mariano del Castillo">M. Del Castillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberto_A._Abad" title="Roberto A. Abad">R. Abad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Villarama_Jr." title="Martin Villarama Jr.">M. Villarama Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_P._Perez" title="Jose P. Perez">J. Perez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_C._Mendoza" title="Jose C. Mendoza">J. Mendoza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Lourdes_Sereno" title="Maria Lourdes Sereno">M. L. Sereno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bienvenido_L._Reyes" class="mw-redirect" title="Bienvenido L. Reyes">B. Reyes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estela_Perlas-Bernabe" title="Estela Perlas-Bernabe">E. Perlas-Bernabe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_Republic_of_the_Philippines.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Seal_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_Republic_of_the_Philippines.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_Republic_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Seal_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_Republic_of_the_Philippines.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_Republic_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Seal_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_Republic_of_the_Philippines.svg/160px-Seal_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_Republic_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="712" data-file-height="712" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="May_2010_–_17_June_2011:" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:transparent; font-weight: normal;">May 2010 – 17 June 2011:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Carpio" title="Antonio Carpio">A. Carpio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conchita_Carpio-Morales" title="Conchita Carpio-Morales">C. Carpio-Morales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbitero_Velasco_Jr." title="Presbitero Velasco Jr.">P. Velasco Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Eduardo_Nachura" class="mw-redirect" title="Antonio Eduardo Nachura">A. Nachura</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">T. Leonardo-de Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arturo_Brion" title="Arturo Brion">A. Brion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diosdado_Peralta" title="Diosdado Peralta">D. Peralta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucas_Bersamin" title="Lucas Bersamin">L. Bersamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariano_del_Castillo" title="Mariano del Castillo">M. Del Castillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberto_A._Abad" title="Roberto A. Abad">R. Abad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Villarama_Jr." title="Martin Villarama Jr.">M. Villarama Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_P._Perez" title="Jose P. Perez">J. Perez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_C._Mendoza" title="Jose C. Mendoza">J. Mendoza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Lourdes_Sereno" title="Maria Lourdes Sereno">M. L. Sereno</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="The_Puno_Court" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Philippine_Supreme_Court_composition" title="Template:Philippine Supreme Court composition"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Philippine_Supreme_Court_composition" title="Template talk:Philippine Supreme Court composition"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Philippine_Supreme_Court_composition" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Philippine Supreme Court composition"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="The_Puno_Court" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">The <a href="/wiki/Reynato_Puno" title="Reynato Puno">Puno</a> Court</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div>2007–2010</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="4_January_–_17_May_2010:" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:transparent; font-weight: normal;">4 January – 17 May 2010:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Carpio" title="Antonio Carpio">A. Carpio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renato_Corona" title="Renato Corona">R. Corona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conchita_Carpio-Morales" title="Conchita Carpio-Morales">C. Carpio-Morales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbitero_Velasco_Jr." title="Presbitero Velasco Jr.">P. Velasco Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Eduardo_Nachura" class="mw-redirect" title="Antonio Eduardo Nachura">A. Nachura</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">T. Leonardo-de Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arturo_Brion" title="Arturo Brion">A. Brion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diosdado_Peralta" title="Diosdado Peralta">D. Peralta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucas_Bersamin" title="Lucas Bersamin">L. Bersamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariano_del_Castillo" title="Mariano del Castillo">M. Del Castillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberto_A._Abad" title="Roberto A. Abad">R. Abad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Villarama_Jr." title="Martin Villarama Jr.">M. Villarama Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_P._Perez" title="Jose P. Perez">J. Perez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_C._Mendoza" title="Jose C. Mendoza">J. 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