(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 10, junked Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno’s request for five SC justices to inhibit from participating in quo warranto proceedings against her.
Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio announced Sereno’s motion against Associate Justices Teresita de Castro, Noel Tijam, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin and Francis Jardeleza were dismissed for “lack of merit.”
Sereno had cited the four justices’ alleged bias and animosity toward her in seeking for their recusal.
Oral arguments on the quo warranto petition filed against Sereno are ongoing at press time.
