#Supreme Court philippines

The Supreme Court (SC) has officially denied the National Telecommunications Commission's (NTC) petition to lower SMS message rates to PHP 0.80 and refund subscribers. This was pushed forward numerous times, including an escalation to the Supreme Court in 2016/17. Last Thursday, June 19, 2025, the Supreme Court of the Philippines formally launched the eCourt Portal, an online platform aimed at modernizing court processes nationwide. Here's what can be done with the portal: eFiling - Online filing of cases and pleadings before the Supreme Court. By July 1, eFiling will be available to the public and starting October 1, 2025, eFiling will be mandatory for all Supreme Court cases except administrative and bar matters. You can check out the eCourt portal here: https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/ecourt-ph/ In November 2024, the Supreme Court also announced it has started using AI software for preliminary legal research and voice-to-text transcription. The Supreme Court affirmed the dismissals of four telecommunication companies from third-generation mobile communications technology (3G) frequency bids. This resulted from the Supreme Court affirming two orders from the National Communications Commission (NTC) in December 2005 and August 2008. Read more in our articles including "SC reaffirms ruling, blocking NTC lowering of SMS fee to PHP 0.80" and "Supreme Court intros eCourt Portal, eFiling to start July 1".