50 ‘judges-at-large’ posts to decongest dockets
THE Supreme Court has designated 50 “judges-at-large” who will help other judges decide cases, in keeping with a law that seeks to decongest court dockets.
Thirty judges had been assigned to regional trial courts and 20 to municipal trial courts, according to a notice from the high tribunal.
The 50 magistrates have no permanent salas and will be assigned as acting or assisting judges in the trial courts. The court must create 50 more similar positions to be able to fully comply with Republic Act 11459, which President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed in August last year.
The judges will get salaries, privileges, allowances, emoluments and benefits that a trial court judge gets. — Vann Marlo M. Villegas
