Inherent powers of courts
On the question of whether the Court of Appeals could amend its Resolution directing the issuance of a writ of preliminary injunction so as to include petitioners, suffice to state that having acquired jurisdiction over their persons, the appellate court could do so pursuant to Section 5 (g), Rule 135 of the Revised Rules of Court, thus:
SEC. 5. Inherent powers of courts. Every court shall have power:
x x x
SEC. 5. Inherent powers of courts. Every court shall have power:x x x
(g) To amend and control its process and orders so as to make them conformable to law and justice.
In Villanueva v. CFI of Oriental Mindoro and Eternal Gardens Memorial Parks Corp. v. Intermediate Appellate Court, the Supreme Court held that under this Rule, a court has inherent power to amend its judgment so as to make it conformable to the law applicable, provided that said judgment has not yet acquired finality, as in these cases. (G.R. No. 165849; December 10, 2007)
