THE Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday ordered the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) to explain the alleged “railroading” of Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza’s nomination to the lone vacancy in the High Court.

Jardeleza filed a petition for a temporary restraining order stopping President Benigno Aquino 3rd from appointing a new member of the tribunal.

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