Proceeds from govt property sale to justices to go to JDF

THE Supreme Court (SC) has allowed its members and those of the Court of Appeals to purchase judiciary or government property before their retirement, with proceeds going to the controversial Judiciary Development Fund (JDF).

A full court minute resolution, promulgated by Clerk of Court Enriqueta Vidal last July 15 but was released to the media just recently opined that the judiciary has full flexibility to allocate and utilize its resources with the wisdom and dispatch that its needs require, by virtue of the constitutional guarantee of fiscal autonomy.