Extension of Filing Periods and Suspension of Hearings for March 29 to April 4, 2021: SC Administrative Circular No. 14-2021 (Full Text)

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila

ADMINISTRATIVE CIRCULAR NO. 14-2021

TO: ALL CONCERNED LITIGANTS, JUSTICES, JUDGES, PERSONNEL OF THE JUDICIARY, AND MEMBERS OF THE BAR

RE: EXTENSION OF FILING PERIODS FOR PLEADINGS/COURT SUBMISSIONS FOR COURTS IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION AND NEARBY PROVINCES PLACED UNDER ENHANCED COMMUNITY QUARANTINE FROM MARCH 29 TO APRIL 4, 2021

Considering that  the  National  Capital  Region  and  nearby  provinces  of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal have been placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine beginning March 29 until April 4, 2021, the filing periods of pleadings and other court submissions that fall due during the period from March 29 to March 31, 2021 are hereby EXTENDED for three (3) calendar days, counted from April 5, 2021. However,  lawyers/litigants  may file  their  pleadings/court  submissions  on URGENT MATTERS during the period of March 29 to March 31, 2021, provided that they first communicate with the proper court through its hotline or email address as published in the Supreme Court website, i.e., https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/hotlines, to confirm  that  the  matter  being  raised  is  indeed  urgent. If the  matter is deemed urgent, only then will the court receive the pleading/court submission and  act  on such urgent matter. 

Meanwhile,  court  actions which  are  not  urgent,  such  as  but  not  limited  to promulgations  of  judgments  in  civil  cases,  services  of  summons,  auction  sales  in extrajudicial  foreclosures,  solemnizations  of  marriages, etc.,  scheduled  during  the period  of  March  29  to  March  31,  2021  are  hereby SUSPENDED and  shall  be rescheduled.

All prior issuances not inconsistent herewith shall remain valid and in effect.

March 28, 2021

ESTELA M. PERLAS-BERNABE

Acting Chief Justice

P&L Law

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