JURISDICTION OF PHILIPPINE COURTS

MeTC, MTC, MCTC, MuTC

Original Jurisdiction (OJ)
A.Civil
(1) Exclusive (EOJ)
o Actions involving personal property valued at
not more than 300K/400K
o Actions demanding sum of money not
exceeding 300K/400K
x Includes admiralty & maritime cases
o Probate proceedings where gross value of
estate does not exceed 300K/400K
o Actions involving title/possession of real
property where assessed value does not
exceed 20K/50K
o Provisional remedies in principal actions within
their jurisdiction
o Summary Procedure
x Forcible entry and unlawful detainer
Irrespective of amount of damages or
unpaid rentals sought to be recovered
x Other cases where total of the claim does
not exceed 100K/200K
o Inclusion and exclusion of voters
(2) Delegated
o Cadastral and land registration cases
x No controversy or opposition, and
x Contested lots valued at more than 100K
(3) Special
o Petition for Habeas Corpus
x In the absence of all RTC judges
B.Criminal
(1) Exclusive
o Summary Procedure
x Violations of traffic laws, rules and
regulations
x Violations of rental law
x Violations of city/municipal ordinances
committed w/in territorial jurisdiction
x Offenses punishable with imprisonment of
not more than 6 months, or a fine not
exceeding 1K, or both
Regardless of other impossible
accessory or other penalties and civil
liability arising therefrom
Offenses involving damage to property
through criminal negligence where
imposable fine does not exceed 10K
o Offenses punishable with imprisonment of not
more than 6 years
x Irrespective of fine
x Regardless of other impossible accessory
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REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Original Jurisdiction
A.Civil
(1) Exclusive
o Other cases where demand or value of
property in controversy exceeds 300K/400K
o Actions in admiralty & maritime jurisdiction
where demand/claim exceeds 300K/400K
o Probate proceedings where gross value of
estate exceeds 300K/400K
o Actions involving title/possession of real
property where assessed value exceeds
20K/50K
o Actions not capable of pecuniary estimation
o Cases not falling within EJ of any court,
tribunal, person or body exercising judicial or
quasi-judicial functions
o Under Securities & Regulation Code
x Devices or schemes employed by the board
of directors, business associates, its officers
or partnership, amounting to fraud or
misrepresentation
x Controversies arising out of intra-corporate
partnership relations
x Controversies in the election or appointment
of directors, trustees, officers, or managers
of such corporation, partnership or
association
x Petition to be declared in a state of
suspension of payments
o Application for issuance of writ of search and
seizure in civil actions for infringement of
intellectual property
o Violations of Anti-Money Laundering Act
B.Criminal
(1) Exclusive
o Not within the EJ of any court, tribunal, or body
x Offenses punishable with imprisonment of
more than 6 years
Irrespective of fine
x Offenses not falling within EOJ of
Sandiganbayan
None of the accused is occupying a
position corresponding to salary grade
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o Only penalty provided by law is a fine
exceeding 4K
o Jurisdiction to impose the maximum and most
serious penalty imposable for an offense
forming part of the complex crime

COURT OF APPEALS
Original Jurisdiction
A.Exclusive
(1) Annulment of judgments of RTC
(2) Petitions under Rule 65 involving an act or omission
of a quasi-judicial agency

SUPREME COURT
Original Jurisdiction
A.Exclusive
Petitions under Rule 65 against:
o CA
o COMELEC
o COA
o Sandiganbayan
o CTA en banc
o Ombudsman in criminal and non-administrative
disciplinary cases

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or other penalties and civil liability arising
therefrom
x Have EOJ over Offenses involving damage
to property through criminal negligence
o Offenses not falling within EOJ of
Sandiganbayan
x None of the accused is occupying a
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and higher
o Only penalty provided by law is a fine not
exceeding 4K
(2) Special
o Applications for bail
x In the absence of all RTC judges

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MeTC, MTC, MCTC, MuTC

Concurrent (in civil actions)
(1) With SC
o Petition for quo warranto insofar as barangay
officials are concerned
(2) With RTC
o Application for Protection Order

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Concurrent (in civil actions)
(1) With SC
o Actions affecting ambassadors & other public
ministers and consuls
(2) With SC and CA
o Petitions for habeas corpus and quo warranto
(3) With SC, CA and Sandiganbayan:
o Petitions for writ of amparo and habeas data
o Petitions under Rule 65
(4) With MeTC, MTC, MCTC
o Application for Protection Order
(5) With Insurance Commission
o Claims not exceeding 100K

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COURT OF APPEALS
B.Concurrent
(1) With SC
o Petitions under Rule 65 against CSC
o Petitions under Rule 65 against NLRC
(2) With SC and RTC
o Petitions for habeas corpus and quo warranto
o Actions brought to prevent and restrain
violation of laws concerning monopolies and
combinations in restraint of trade
(3) With SC, RTC and Sandiganbayan
o Petitions under Rule 65 relating to an act or
omission of a MTC, or of a corporation, board,
officer or person
o Petitions for writ of amparo and habeas data

SUPREME COURT
B.Concurrent
(1) With CA
o Petitions under Rule 65 against CSC
o Petitions under Rule 65 against NLRC
(2) With CA and RTC
o Petitions for habeas corpus and quo warranto
o Actions brought to prevent and restrain
violation of laws concerning monopolies and
combinations in restraint of trade
(3) With CA, RTC and Sandiganbayan
o Petitions under Rule 65 relating to an act or
omission of a MTC, or of a corporation, board,
officer or person
o Petitions for writ of amparo and habeas data
(4) With RTC
o Actions affecting ambassadors & other public
ministers and consuls
(5) With MTC
o Petition for quo warranto insofar as barangay
officials are concerned

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MeTC, MTC, MCTC, MuTC

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Appellate Jurisdiction
All cases decided by lower courts in their respective
territorial jurisdiction.

COURT OF APPEALS
Appellate Jurisdiction
A.Ordinary Appeal
o From RTC
x In its exercise of OJ
x On constitutional, tax, jurisdictional questions
involving questions of facts which should be
appealed first to CA
x Penalty imposed is reclusion perpetua or life
imprisonment
x Lesser penalty is imposed for offenses
committed on the same occasion or which
arose out of the same occurrence that gave
rise to the more severe offense for which
imposed penalty is reclusion perpetua or life
imprisonment
o From Family Courts
o From MeTC, MTC, MCTC
x Land registration and cadastral cases
B.Petition for Review
o From CSC
o From RTC
x In cases appealed from MeTC and MCTC,
which are not a matter of right
o From quasi-judicial agencies
o From NCIP
o From Ombudsman
x In administrative disciplinary cases

C.Petition for Certiorari

o Against NLRC
D. Automatic Review
o RTC imposed the death penalty

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SUPREME COURT
Appellate Jurisdiction
A.Ordinary Appeal
From CA, in all cases involving offenses for which:
o Penalty imposed is reclusion perpetua or life
imprisonment, or
o Lesser penalty is imposed for offenses
committed on the same occasion or which arose
out of the same occurrence that gave rise to the
more severe offense for which the penalty of
death is imposed

B.Petition for Review on Certiorari

o From CA
o From Sandiganbayan on pure questions of law
o From judgments or final orders of RTC (OJ)
x Constitutionality or validity of any treaty,
international or executive agreement, law,
presidential decree, proclamation, order,
instruction, ordinance or regulation is in
question
x Legality of any tax, impost, assessment or toll,
or any penalty imposed in relation thereto
x Jurisdiction of lower court is in issue
x Only error or question of law is involved
o From CTA
C.Petition for Certiorari
o Against COMELEC and COA