The Supreme Court stopped the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from disqualifying the Coalition of Senior Citizens in the Philippines and Abang Lingkod party-list groups, superseding a ruling by Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno that put on hold the proclamation of five remaining party-list winners in the May 13 polls.

The Supreme Court has issued a status quo ante order against the “money ban” resolution of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) that would have prevented the withdrawal and the carrying of large amounts of cash before and during the elections on Monday.

The Supreme Court has been accused by an administration senator of being “jealous” of the powers of Congress and “playing politics” when it upheld its earlier decision that Congress should only have one representative at the Judicial and Bar Council.

The spokesperson for the Supreme Court on Thursday bristled at an Inquirer inquiry about the grade the son of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno got in the 2012 bar examination.

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Friday said she was not aware that Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno had fired psychologists and psychiatrists from the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC).

With Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno away on a four-day official trip to the United States, the Supreme Court magistrates who had boycotted the regular Monday flag-raising ceremony since she took office attended the rite.

Sri Lanka's parliament Friday began an impeachment hearing against the country's chief justice, defying a Supreme Court request for a suspension of proceedings, official sources told AFP.

Manuel Araullo was appointed as the country's third chief justice on Nov. 1, 1921, upon the death of Chief Justice Victorino Mapa. He received his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Santo Tomas, where he became a professor. He died in Manila on July 26, 1924.

The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) has proposed to Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno a point matrix system to thoroughly screen and narrow down applicants to judicial and Ombudsman positions.

The Sri Lanka government said Thursday it had started the process to impeach the country's chief justice, accusing her of overstepping her limits in the culmination of a drawn-out conflict between the judiciary and the government.

A coalition of multisectoral organizations working for greater transparency in Philippine governance has asked the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) to allow live media coverage of its interviews of candidates for associate justice of the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court dismissed the petitions questioning the validity of the impeachment complaint against former chief justice Renato Corona.

Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno issued last Friday a memorandum reminding all employees at the Supreme Court to attend the flag-raising ceremony every Monday morning.

Five Court of Appeals justices are among the nine persons vying to become associate justice of the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court ordered the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) to release to Associate Justice Arturo Brion the results of his psychological and psychiatric tests.