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GR No. 129742
September 16, 1998
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No, The Court held that Section 27 of Republic Act No. 6670 is declared
invalid and of no further force and effect(unconstitutional). This is due to the
fact that it violates the proscription under Sec. 30 Art. 6 of the Constitution that
a law cannot be passed that increase the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court without its advice and concurrence. There being no countervailing
argument cogently presented to justify the disregard of this constitutional
prohibition which was intended to give the Supreme Court a measure of control
over cases placed under its appellate jurisdiction, otherwise, the indiscriminate
enactment of legislation enlarging its appellate jurisdiction would unnecessarily
burden the Supreme Court.