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Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) personnel monitor traffic conditions and possible violations as part of the agency’s No Contact Apprehension Policy (NCAP) at the MMDA Command Center in Pasig City on July 7, 2025. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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Adrian Ayalin

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/178358788191920250707-mmda-ncap-monitoring-JC-8.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) personnel monitor traffic conditions and possible violations as part of the agency’s No Contact Apprehension Policy (NCAP) at the MMDA Command Center in Pasig City on July 7, 2025. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The Supreme Court has dismissed the consolidated petitions against the <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/5/22/all-major-roads-under-mmda-jurisdiction-covered-by-ncap-1030">No Contact Apprehension Policy (NCAP)</a> in Metro Manila as the issues raised by the petitioners have become moot because of the new traffic framework under the Metro Manila Traffic Code of 2023.</p><p>In its decision promulgated on June 3, 2026, the high court said the petitions were also dismissed for lack of standing, violation of exhaustion of administrative remedies and hierarchy of courts, and forum-shopping. </p><p>The SC noted that the petitions filed by Kilusan sa Pagbabago ng Industriya ng Transportasyon and others argued that the ordinances of Muntinlupa, Parañaque, Quezon City, Valenzuela, and Manila which implemented NCAP under the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Resolution No. 16-01 are unconstitutional. </p><p>“Courts will not declare a law or ordinance unconstitutional unless there is a clear and unequivocal breach of the Constitution,” the SC said in the decision penned by Associate Justice Rodil Zalameda.</p><p>The court said the issues raised had been overtaken by the MMTC 2023 adopted by the Metro Manila Council. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/06/16/23/metro-manila-council-ncap-helps-deter-traffic-violations">Metro Manila Council: NCAP helps deter traffic violations</a></div><p>The court noted that the MMTC 2023 provides a uniform traffic adjudication system, procedures before traffic adjudication boards, periods for settling notices of violation, guidelines for tagging violations in the Land Transportation Office’s (LTO) Land Transportation Management System, data privacy safeguards, uniform fines and penalties, recognized online payment platforms and rules on the mandatory authorization process. </p><p>The High Court said any ruling on the validity of the old ordinances would have no practical or legal effect. </p><p>“The legal and factual terrains upon which the challenged NCAP City Ordinances once operated have been substantially altered, such that the scope and efficacy of said Ordinances can no longer be assessed within the framework originally presented by the petitioners,” the Supreme Court said.</p><p>It lifted the <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/6/2/sc-asked-to-recall-partial-lifting-of-tro-on-ncap-1611">temporary restraining order</a> it issued on August 30, 2022 against Manila, Quezon City, Valenzuela, Parañaque, Muntinlupa, the LTO, and all other involved parties.</p><p>In his concurring and dissenting opinion, Senior Associate Justice Marvic Leonen agreed that the issues on privacy and due process violations were mooted but he maintained that the validity of NCAP as a mode of apprehension remained an issue for the High Court to resolve. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/7/9/mmda-launches-ncap-service-on-egovph-1248">MMDA launches NCAP service on eGovPH</a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/weather-traffic/2025/7/3/mmda-eyes-stricter-ncap-implementation-near-private-school-in-greenhills-ortigas-1823">MMDA eyes stricter NCAP implementation near private schools in Greenhills, Ortigas</a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/26/hundreds-of-violations-on-first-day-of-ncap-implementation-1735">Hundreds of violations on first day of no-contact apprehension&#x27;s return </a></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9xW2nEd43OU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RuMpmFh627U?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The Supreme Court has dismissed the consolidated petitions against the No Contact Apprehension Policy (NCAP) in Metro Manila as the issues raised by the petitioners have become moot because of the new traffic framework under the Metro Manila Traffic Code of 2023. </p>

The Supreme Court has dismissed the consolidated petitions against the No Contact Apprehension Policy (NCAP) in Metro Manila as the issues raised by the petitioners have become moot because of the new traffic framework under the Metro Manila Traffic Code of 2023.

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Supreme Court dismisses petitions vs NCAP over mootness with new traffic code in effect

Adrian Ayalin,

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Published July 09, 2026 05:07 PM PHT

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