CABARROGUIS, Quirino:  The Supreme Court’s First Division has slapped a six-month preventive suspension without pay on Judge Elias Lelina Jr. of Branch 31 of the Regional Trial Court for gross misconduct.

A certain Onofre Dulay has filed a complaint against Lelina for “failing to live up” to the standards of the New Code of Judicial Conduct, claiming that he and his kin were “arbitrarily” cited for contempt by the judge in a civil case that had been dismissed and repeatedly increased his bail from P30,000 to P50,000 with corresponding warrants of arrest.

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