Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Tuesday rejected calls that she inhibit herself from the case involving the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), whose lawyer, Ret. Supreme Court (SC) Justice Florentino Feliciano, stood as a principal sponsor in the wedding of the chief magistrate’s son last month.

Feliciano appeared in the oral arguments at the High Court en banc on Tuesday.

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