It is the duty of a court, whether of first instance or appellate, to consider all issues joined by parties and raised before it for determination.…

In so far as the award of a degree or certificate to a student is concerned, in the discretion to award or refuse to award, the…

Fair hearing is not a cut and dry principle which parties can always apply to their comfort and convenience. It is based on the facts of…

When the corrected thesis reached the Senate, it was like placing answer papers before examiners, and the student's presence was not required. The procedure followed did…

The Senate, as the supreme academic authority in the University, has the duty to ascertain thesis quality. Being an administrative or academic act, certiorari cannot lie.…

The fact that an accused has retracted a confessional statement does not mean that the court cannot act upon it. Confessional statements that are well proved,…

A man may be convicted on his own confession alone; there is no law against it. A free and voluntary confession that is direct, positive, and…

The approach to assessing a confessional statement asks: (i) Is there anything outside the confession showing it may be true? (ii) Is it corroborated? (iii) Are…

When two or more persons form a common intention to prosecute an unlawful purpose in conjunction, and in the prosecution of such purpose an offence is…

Medical evidence is not always essential though desirable to prove cause of death, but the evidence must in any case be such as to show that…

A party relying on a previous judgment as creating estoppel per rem judicatam must show that (1) the parties in the two cases were the same,…

Since the parties failed woefully to establish estoppel per rem judicatam premised on exhibits, both courts below were right to hold that the said exhibits were…