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2008-08-22 |
VELASCO JR., J. |
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| Regarding the certificate of non-forum shopping, the general rule is that all the petitioners or plaintiffs in a case should sign it.[25] However, the Court has time and again stressed that the rules on forum shopping, which were designed to promote the orderly administration of justice, do not interdict substantial compliance with its provisions under justifiable circumstances.[26] As has been ruled by the Court, the signature of any of the principal petitioners[27] or principal parties,[28] as Francisca is in this case, would constitute a substantial compliance with the rule on verification and certification of non-forum shopping. It cannot be overemphasized that Francisca herself was a principal party in Civil Case No. 3341-17 before the RTC and in the certiorari proceedings before the CA. Besides being an heir of Benedicto, Francisca, with her mother, Julita, was substituted for Benedicto in the instant case after his demise. | |||||