Retired SC justice Priscilla Baltazar – Padilla passes away
MANILA, Philippines — Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Priscilla Baltazar-Padilla died on Friday. She was 63.
“The Judiciary mourns the passing on 27 Aug 2021 of its 188th Associate Justice, Hon. Priscilla J. Baltazar-Padilla,” the Supreme Court said in a statement on Saturday.
The Judiciary mourns the passing on 27 Aug 2021 of its 188th Associate Justice, Hon. Priscilla J. Baltazar-Padilla. She served the judiciary for more than two decades, starting as an MeTC Judge in 1996, until her appointment to the SC in 16 Jul 2020. She retired on 3 Nov 2020.
— Philippine Supreme Court Public Information Office (@SCPh_PIO)
Padilla opted for early retirement in November 2020. The Supreme Court said her application was for “disability retirement.”
She served the Judiciary for more than two decades, starting as a Metropolitan Trial Court judge in 1996, until her appointment to the SC in July 2020.
Padilla is the 188th high court magistrate and the 14th appointee of President Rodrigo Duterte.
