Mariano del Castillo

Filipino judge (born 1949)
The Honourable
Mariano C. del Castillo
164th Associate Justice
of the Philippine Supreme Court
In office
July 29, 2009 – July 29, 2019
Appointed byGloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded byAlicia Austria-Martinez
Succeeded byRodil Zalameda
Personal details
Born
Mariano C. del Castillo

(1949-07-29) 29 July 1949 (age 74)
AffiliationFraternitas Aquila Legis

Mariano C. del Castillo (born July 29, 1949) is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.[1]

Chambers of Mariano C. del Castillo (new Supreme Court of the Philippines building).

After graduating from San Beda College, Del Castillo pursued law studies at the Ateneo de Manila University. He joined the judiciary in 1989 as a Municipal Trial Court judge of San Mateo, Rizal before he was promoted as a Regional Trial Court judge of Angeles City in 1992, and later as a Regional Trial Court judge of Quezon City in 1995, where he was appointed First Vice-Executive Judge. He was appointed as a CA justice in 2001. He was active in the Philippine Judges Association, where he served as director, vice-president for administration, senior vice-president, and executive vice-president.

Likewise, he has held various positions in religious, civic, community, and non-governmental organizations. He taught Practice Court II at the Ateneo College of Law and lectures at the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) and Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA) seminars. He was also a pre-Bar reviewer in Legal Ethics and was the Chair/Editor in Chief of the Court of Appeals Journal.

Justice Del Castillo has had zero backlog in the CA since 2004. In 2005, he was conferred the Best Performing Court of Appeals Justice for 2004 and the Justice George A. Malcolm Award by the Rotary Club of Manila. In 2007, he was conferred the Presiding Justice Award for Outstanding Performance.[2]

He was the chairman of the 2018 Philippine Bar Examination.

Plagiarism controversy

On 28 April 2010, Justice del Castillo penned the decision on Vinuya vs. Executive Secretary, a case involving Filipina sex slavery victims during the Japanese occupation in the Second World War. Petitioners said that it contains "plagiarized portions" taken out of context to support the arguments for denying their petition.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Justice Mariano C. Del Castillo". Supreme Court of the Philippines. Archived from the original on November 21, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  2. ^ "Justice Mariano C. del Castillo appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines". mb.com. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  3. ^ Dedace, Sophia (July 19, 2010). "Comfort women decry 'plagiarized' SC ruling". GMA News. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Alicia Austria-Martinez
 Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
2009–2019 		Succeeded by
Rodil Zalameda
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The Bersamin Court
2018–2019
May 27, 2019 – July 29, 2019:
March 6, 2019 – May 27, 2019:
January 5, 2019 – March 6, 2019:
November 28, 2018 – January 5, 2019:
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The de Castro Court
2018
August 28, 2018 – October 10, 2018:
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The Sereno Court
2012–2018
August 14, 2017 – May 11, 2018:
July 12, 2017 – August 13, 2017:
July 7, 2017 – July 11, 2017:
March 8, 2017 – July 6, 2017:
March 6, 2017 – March 8, 2017:
December 29, 2016 - March 6, 2017:
December 14, 2016 - December 29, 2016:
January 22, 2016 - December 14, 2016:
August 19, 2014 - January 22, 2016:
May 22, 2014 - August 19, 2014:
November 21, 2012 - May 22, 2014:
August 25, 2012 - November 21, 2012:
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