4/15/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly filed or is pending, he shall report that fact within five (5) days therefrom to the court wherein his aforesaid complaint or initiatory pleading has been filed. Failure to comply with the foregoing requirements shall not be curable by mere amendment of the complaint or other initiatory pleading but shall be cause for the dismissal of the case without prejudice, unless otherwise provided, upon motion and after hearing. The submission of a false certification or non-compliance with any of the undertakings therein shall constitute indirect contempt of court, without prejudice to the corresponding administrative and criminal actions. If the acts of the party or his counsel clearly constitute willful and deliberate forum shopping, the same shall be ground for summary dismissal with prejudice and shall constitute direct contempt, as well as a cause for administrative sanctions. Citing City of Taguig v. City of Makati,[93] the Court, in Zamora v. Quinan, Jr.,[94] has exhaustively discussed the concept of forum shopping in this wise: In City of Taguig v. City of Makati, this Court was able to thoroughly discuss the concept of forum shopping through the past decisions of this Court, thus: Top Rate Construction & General Services, Inc. v. Paxton Development Corporation explained that: Forum shopping is committed by a party who institutes two or more suits in different courts, either simultaneously or successively, in order to ask the courts to rule on the same or related causes or to grant the same or substantially the same reliefs, on the supposition that one or the other court would make a favorable disposition or increase a party's chances of obtaining a favorable decision or action. First Philippine International Bank v. Court of Appeals recounted that forum shopping originated as a concept in private international law: To begin with, forum shopping originated as a concept in private international law, where non-resident litigants are given the option to choose the forum or place wherein to bring their suit for various reason s or excuses, including to secure procedural advantages, to annoy and harass the defendant, to avoid overcrowded dockets, or to select a more friendly venue. To combat these less than honorable excuses, the principle of forum non conveniens was developed whereby a court, in conflicts of law cases, may refuse impositions on its jurisdiction where it is not the most https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/66237 17/37