The Supreme Court has revamped the membership of its three divisions composed of five justices each, following the assumption of Associate Justice Henri Jean Paul B. Inting as its 15th member.
With the reorganization, the SC’s First Division is now composed of Chief Justice Lucas P. Bersamin as chairman, Associate Justice Mariano C. del Castillo as working chairman, and Associate Justices Francis H. Jardeleza, Alexander G. Gesmundo, and Rosmari D. Carandang as members.
The Court’s Second Division is now constituted by Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio as chairman and Associate Justices Estela M. Perlas Bernabe, Alfredo Benjamin S. Caguioa, Jose C. Reyes Jr., and Amy C. Lazaro Javier as members.
Associate Justice Diosdado M. Peralta chairs the Court’s Third Division with Associate Justices Marvic Mario Victor F. Leonen, Andres B. Reyes Jr., Ramon Paul L. Hernando and Inting as members.
The three divisions hold sessions on Mondays and Wednesdays. The full court, headed by Chief Justice Bersamin, meets every Tuesday.
The 15-member bench month-long decision-writing period ends today, May 31. Regular sessions in both the divisions and the full court will resume next week.