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Nunc Pro Tunc

The document discusses the principle of finality of judgments, stating that once a judgment is final it becomes immutable and cannot be modified, even to correct errors of fact or law. This principle is fundamental to the orderly administration of justice and ensures disputes reach a point of finality, without which litigation would never end. The principle applies equally to judgments from all tribunals exercising adjudicatory powers.

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Nunc Pro Tunc

The document discusses the principle of finality of judgments, stating that once a judgment is final it becomes immutable and cannot be modified, even to correct errors of fact or law. This principle is fundamental to the orderly administration of justice and ensures disputes reach a point of finality, without which litigation would never end. The principle applies equally to judgments from all tribunals exercising adjudicatory powers.

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The settled and firmly established rule is that a decision that has acquired finality

becomes immutable and unalterable. This quality of immutability precludes the


modification of the judgment, even if the modification is meant to correct erroneous
conclusions of fact and law. And this postulate holds true whether the modification is
made by the court that rendered it or by the highest court in the land. The orderly
administration of justice requires that, at the risk of occasional errors, the
judgments/resolutions of a court must reach a point of finality set by the law. The noble
purpose is to write finis to disputes once and for all. This is a fundamental principle in
our justice system, without which no end to litigations will take place. Utmost respect
and adherence to this principle must always be maintained by those who exercise the
power of adjudication. Any act that violates such principle must immediately be struck
down. Indeed, the principle of conclusiveness of prior adjudications is not confined in its
operation to the judgments of courts, but extends as well to those of all other tribunals
exercising adjudicatory powers. (Arnulfo Aguilar vs. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 172986 )
October 2, 2009)

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