Judge sues Sereno, JBC before high court

A judge in Compostela Valley has sued Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Aranal-Sereno and the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) before the Supreme Court (SC).

The judge questioned the longstanding JBC requirement of five years’ experience for incumbent judges in lower courts to qualify as applicants for second-level tribunals, a practice which he believed to be unconstitutional.