Prudential Bank v. Judge Castro
A.M. No. 2756: March 15, 1988
FACTS:
On February 8, 1988, respondent Benjamin M. Grecia filed a “Petition for Redress
and Exoneration and for Voluntary Inhibition,” praying that the decision of November
12,1987, and the resolution of the denial of the motion for reconsideration of the said
decision be set aside and a new one entered by the Court dismissing the administrative
complaint and exonerating the respondent. Respondent asserts that the Resolution of the
Court dated January 12, 1988 denying his motion for reconsideration violates Section 14,
Article VIII of the Constitution.
ISSUE:
Whether the SC’s Minute Resolution dated January 12, 1988, denying the MR
disregarded Section 14, Article VIII of the Constitution
RULING:
NO. No constitutional provision has been disregarded either in the Court’s Minute
Resolution, dated January 12,1988, denying the motion for reconsideration “for lack of merit,
the issues raised therein having been previously duly considered and passed upon.” It bears
repeating that this is an administrative case so that the Constitutional mandate that “no ...
motion for reconsideration of a decision of the court shall be ... denied without stating the
legal basis therefor” is inapplicable. And even if it were, said Resolution stated the legal basis
for the denial and, therefore, adhered faithfully to the Constitutional requirement. “Lack of
merit,” which was one of the grounds for denial, is a legal basis (see Sec. 3, Rule 45).