Mar 18, 2013contempt of courtindirect contemptdue processjudicial ethicsgross ignorance of the law
Contempt of Court: Safeguarding Due Process in Indirect Contempt Proceedings
The Supreme Court fined a judge P10,000 for ordering a litigant jailed for indirect contempt without a written charge, an opportunity to comment, or a hearing.
A court's power to punish contempt is essential to enforcing its orders, but it is not unlimited. In Valmores-Salinas v. Judge Crisologo S. Bitas (A.M. No. RT
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