Codal Rehash No 1
Codal Rehash No 1
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Essay
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Case law dictates that the presence of one or more of the so-called "special and important reasons" is
not the decisive factor considered by the SC in deciding whether to permit the invocation, at the
first instance, of its original jurisdiction over the issuance of extraordinary writs. Rather, it is the
nature of the question raised by the parties in those "exceptions" that enabled the SC to allow the direct
action before it.
Here, the Supreme Court has concurrent jurisdiction to issue a Petition for Prohibition with the RTC and
CA. The principle of concurrence of jurisdiction should follow the hierarchy of courts. The Petition for
Prohibition should have been therefore filed first to the RTC.