The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the consolidated petitions challenging the validity of No Contact Apprehension Program (NCAP) in Metro Manila. In a statement on Thursday, the high court said the issues raised in the suit have since become moot due to the adoption of a new and uniform traffic enforcement framework under the Metro Manila Traffic Code of 2023 (MMTC 2023). It added the petitions were also rejected for lack of legal standing on the part of the petitioners, who failed to exhaust other administrative remedies before going to court and disregarded the hierarchy of courts as well as the rule on forum-shopping. The decision, written by Associate Justice Rodil Zalameda, dismissed the petitions filed by Kilusan sa Pagbabago ng Industriya ng Transportasyon and others, which sought to declare unconstitutional ordinances of Muntinlupa City, Parañaque City, Quezon City, Valenzuela City, and the City of Manila implementing Metro M...
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