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EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
Over petitions for certiorari, prohibition,
mandamus against the:
• CA
• COMELEC
• CoA
• Shari’a Appellate Court
• Sandiganbayan
• CTA
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
With the CA
(1) Over petitions for certiorari, prohibition,
mandamus against the:
• RTC
• MTC and other bodies
• CSC
• Employees Compensation Comm.
• SEC
• Social Security Commission,
• NLRC
• Other quasi-judicial agencies in the
exercise of quasi-judicial functions
(Insurance Commission, LRA, other
voluntary arbitrators authorized by law)
(2) Over petitions for habeas corpus and quo
warranto
With the RTC
(1) Over petitions for certiorari, prohibition,
mandamus against the: MTC and other
bodies
(2) Over petitions for habeas corpus and quo
warranto
(3) Over actions affecting ambassadors,
public ministers, consuls
With the Shari’a Appellate Court
Over petitions for certiorari, prohibition,
mandamus against the: Shari’a District Courts
and Circuit Courts
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
Petitions for review of judgments, final orders,
resolutions of:
(1) CA
(2) Sandiganbayan
(3) CTA
(4) RTC in all cases involving:
i. Constitutionality or validity of any treaty,
int’l or exec. agreement, law, PD,
proclamation, order, instruction,
ordinance or regulation
ii. Legality of any tax, impost, assessment, or
toll, or any penalty imposed in relation
thereto
iii. The jurisdiction of any lower court
iv. Criminal cases in which the penalty
imposed is reclusion perpetua/higher
v. Only an error or question of law
(5) Other courts whenever authorized by law
Civil Jurisdiction Table
By Ada Albaña – 2C 2018
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
- Actions for annulment of judgments of RTC
- Exercises original jurisdiction to issue writs of
mandamus, prohibitions, certiorari, habeas corpus, quo
warranto, auxiliary writs and processes, w/n in aid of its
appellate jurisdiction àIts power over these petitions
extends to courts or quasi-judicial agencies, boards,
instrumentalities or commissions over which it has
exclusive appellate jurisdiction and all other courts and
quasi- judicial agencies not falling under the exclusive
jurisdiction of the SC
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
With the SC
(1) Over petitions for certiorari, prohibition, mandamus
against the:
• RTC
• MTC and other bodies
• CSC
• Employees Compensation Comm.
• SEC
• Social Security Commission,
• NLRC
• Other quasi-judicial agencies in the exercise of
quasi-judicial functions (Insurance Commission,
LRA, other voluntary arbitrs authorized by law)
(2) Over petitions for habeas corpus and quo warranto
With the RTC
(1) Over petitions for certiorari, prohibition, and
mandamus against MTCs and other bodies
(2) Over petitions for habeas corpus and quo warranto
EXCLUSIVE APPELLATE JURISDICTION
(1) over all final judgments, decisions, resolutions,
orders or awards of RTC and quasi-judicial
agencies, instrumentalities, boards/comms,
including SEC, Social Sec. Comm, EXCEPT
those falling within the appellate jurisdiction of
the SC in accordance with Consti, Labor Code,
BP 129. These quasi-judicial agencies include:
CSC, Employees Comp. Comm, SEC, Social Sec.
Comm, OP, LRA, Civil Aeronautics Board, Bureau of
Patents, Trademarks and Tech Transfer, Nat’l
Electrification Admin., Energy Regulatory Board,
Nat’l Telecomm Comm, DAR, GSIS, Agri’l
Inventions Board, Insurance Comm, Philippine
Atomic Energy Comm, BoI, Construction Industry
Arbit Comm, Voluntary arbitratos authorized by law,
Central Board of Assessment Appeals, Other quasi
judicial agency in the exercise of its quasi-judicial
functions such as Office of the Ombudsman in all
administrative disciplinary cases
(2) Over decisions of the MTC in cadastral or land
registration cases covering (a) lots where there is
no controversy or opposition (b) contested lots
where the value of which does not exceed
Php100,000.
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
(1) Appeals by petitions for review from the decisions
of the RTC acting as Special Agrarian Courts
(2) Appeals by petitions for review in cases appealed to
the RTC from the MTC
EXCLUSIVE ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
(1) All civil actions in which the subject of the litigation
is incapable of pecuniary estimation
(2) All civil actions which involve the title to, or
possession of, real property or any interest therein,
where the assessed value of the property involved
exceeds P20,000; for civil actions in Metro Manila,
exceeds P50, 000; EXCEPT actions for forcible
entry, unlawful detainer à original jurisdiction over
which is conferred upon the MTCs
(3) All actions in admiralty and maritime jurisdiction
where the claim exceeds P300,000; in Metro Manila,
P400,000
(4) All matters of probate, both testate and intestate
where gross value of the estate exceeds P300,000; in
Metro Manila, P400k
(5) All actions involving the contract of marriage and
marital actions (BUT jurisdiction over these actions
has been transferred to Family Courts)
(6) All cases not within the exclusive jurisdiction of any
court, tribunal, person, or body exercising
judicial/quasi-judicial functions
(7) All civil actions and special proceedings falling
within the exclusive original jurisdiction of a
Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court (NOTE:
jurisdiction over these actions has been transferred
to Family Courts) & of Court of Agrarian Relations
(8) All other cases in which the demand, exclusive of
interest, damages of whatever kind, attorney’s fees,
etc., or the cost of the property exceeds P300k; in
Metro Manila, P400k
(9) An action to annul the judgment or final order of
MTC, which action shall be treated as an ordinary
civil action
CONCURRENT ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
With the SC and CA
(1) Over petitions for certiorari, prohibition, and
mandamus against MTCs and other bodies
(2) Over petitions for habeas corpus and quo warranto
With the SC alone
(1) Over actions affecting ambassadors, public ministers,
consuls
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
(1) All cases decided by the MTCs in their respective
territorial jurisdiction
SPECIAL JURIS. TO TRY SPECIAL CASES
(1)SC may designate certain branches of the Regional
Trial Courts to handle exclusively criminal cases,
juvenile and domestic relations cases, agrarian cases,
urban land reform cases which do not fall under the
jurisdiction of quasi-judicial bodies and agencies,
and/or such other special cases as the Supreme Court
may determine in the interest of a speedy and
efficient administration of justice.
(2)SC may designate branches of the RTC that shall
exercise jurisdiction over all intra-corporate cases
enumerated in Sec. 5, PD 902-A Sec. 5 RA 8799
(These cases were formerly under the jurisdiction of
the SEC):
a. Devices or schemes employed by or any acts, of
the board of directors, business associates, its
officers or partnership, amounting to fraud and
interest of the public and/or of the stockholder, EXCLUSIVE ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
partners, members of associations or organizations
registered with the Commission;
b. Controversies arising out of intra-corporate or
partnership relations, between and among
stockholders, members, or associates; between any
or all of them and the corporation, partnership or
association of which they are stockholders,
members or associates, respectively; and between
such corporation, partnership or association and
the state insofar as it concerns their individual
franchise or right to exist as such entity;
c. Controversies in the election or appointments of
directors, trustees, officers or managers of such
corporations, partnerships or associations.
d. Petitions of corporations, partnerships or
associations to be declared in the state of
suspension of payments in cases where the
corporation, partnership or association possesses
sufficient property to cover all its debts but
foresees the impossibility of meeting them when
they respectively fall due or in cases where the
corporation, partnership or association has no
sufficient assets to cover its liabilities, but is under
the management of a Rehabilitation Receiver or
Management Committee created pursuant to this
Decree.
*With the passage of PD 1529, no more distinction
between the general jurisdiction vested in the RTC and
them limited jurisdiction conferred upon it as a cadastral
court, RTCs now have the power to hear&determine all
questions, even contentious and substantial ones, arising
from applications for original registration of titles to
lands&petitions filed after such reg.
FAMILY COURT
EXCLUSIVE ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
(1) Petitions for guardianship, custody of children, habeas
corpus in relation to the latter;
(2) Petitions for adoption of children and the revocation
thereof;
(3) Complaints for annulment of marriage, declaration of
nullity of marriage and those relating to marital status and
property relations of husband and wife or those living
together under different status and agreements, and
petitions for dissolution of conjugal partnership of gains;
(4) Petitions for support and/or acknowledgment;
(5) Summary judicial proceedings brought under the
provisions of Executive Order No. 209, otherwise known
as the "Family Code of the Philippines";
(6) Petitions for declaration of status of children as
abandoned, dependent or neglected children, petitions for
voluntary or involuntary commitment of children; the
suspension, termination, or restoration of parental
authority and other cases cognizable under Presidential
Decree No. 603, Executive Order No. 56, (Series of 1986),
and other related laws;
(7) Petitions for the constitution of the family home;
(1) over civil actions and probate proceedings,
testate and intestate, including the grant of
provisional remedies in proper cases, where the
value of the personal property, estate, or amount
of the demand does not exceed P300,000.00 or, in
Metro Manila where such personal property,
estate, or amount of the demand does not exceed
P400,000.00 exclusive of interest damages of
whatever kind, attorney's fees, litigation expenses,
and costs, the amount of which must be
specifically alleged: Provided, That where there
are several claims or causes of action between the
same or different parties, embodied in the same
complaint, the amount of the demand shall be the
totality of the claims in all the causes of action,
irrespective of whether the causes of action arose
out of the same or different transactions;
(2) over cases of forcible entry & unlawful
detainer: Provided, That when, in such cases, the
defendant raises the question of ownership in his
pleadings and the question of possession cannot
be resolved without deciding the issue of
ownership, the issue of ownership shall be
resolved only to determine the issue of
possession.
(3) in all civil actions which involve title to, or
possession of, real property, or any interest
therein where the assessed value of the property
or interest therein does not exceed P20,000.00 or,
in civil actions in Metro Manila, where such
assessed value does not exceed P50,000.00
exclusive of interest, damages of whatever kind,
attorney's fees, litigation expenses and costs:
Provided, That value of such property shall be
determined by the assessed value of the adjacent
lots. (as amended by R.A. No. 7691)
(4) All cases of inclusion and exclusion of voters
in their respective cities or municipalities.
DELEGATED JURISDICTION
(1) MeTC, MTC and MCTC may be assigned by
the SC to hear and determine cadastral or land
registration cases covering lots where there is no
controversy or opposition, or contested lots the
where the value of which does not exceed One
hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00), such
value to be ascertained by the affidavit of the
claimant or by agreement of the respective
claimants if there are more than one, or from the
corresponding tax declaration of the real property.
Their decisions in these cases shall be appealable
in the same manner as decisions of the RTC
SPECIAL JURISDICTION
(1) In the absence of all RTC Judges in a province
or city, any Metropolitan Trial Judge, Municipal
Trial Judge, Municipal Circuit Trial Judge may
hear & decide petitions for a writ of habeas
corpus or applications for bail in criminal cases in
the province or city where the absent RTC Judges
sit.
 SUMMARY PROCEDURE – Scope:
MTC
COVERAGE FOR CIVIL CASES
(1) All cases of forcible entry & unlawful
detainer, irrespective of the amount of
damages or unpaid rentals sought to be
recovered. Where attorney's fees are
awarded, the same shall not exceed
P20,000.
(2) All other civil cases, except probate
proceedings, where the total amount of
the plaintiff's claim does not exceed
P10,000, exclusive of interest and costs.
COVERAGE CRIM CASES
(1) Violations of traffic laws, rules and
regulations;
(2) Violations of the rental law;
(3) Violations of municipal or city
ordinances;
(4) All other criminal cases where the penalty
for the offense charged is imprisonment
not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not
exceeding P1,000, or both, irrespective of
other imposable penalties, accessory or
otherwise, or of the civil liability arising
therefrom: Provided, however, that in
offenses involving damage to property
through criminal negligence, this Rule
shall govern where the imposable fine
does not exceed P10,000.
Civil Jurisdiction Table
By Ada Albaña – 2C 2018
SMALL CLAIMS BARANGAY LUPON COURT OF TAX APPEALS JURISDICTION – TAX COLLECTION
JURISDICTION Lupon has the authority to bring together the parties EXCLUSIVE APPELLATE JURISDICTION CASES
This Rule shall govern the procedure in actions before actually residing in the same city or municipality for – CIVIL CASES (1) Exclusive original jurisdiction in tax collection
the MTCs for payment of money where the value of amicable settlement of all disputes except: (1) Decisions or inaction of the BIR cases involving final & executor assessments of
the claim does not exceed P200,000 exclusive of (1) Where one party is the government, or any Commissioner in cases involving: taxes, fees, charges & penalties: if the principal
interest and costs. subdivision or instrumentality thereof; a. Disputed assessments, amount is LESS THAN P1M, MTC is the
(2) Where one party is a public officer or employee, & b. Refunds of internal revenue taxes, fees or proper court
The MTCs shall apply this Rule in all actions w/c are: the dispute relates to the performance of his official other charges, (2) Exclusive appellate jurisdiction over tax
a) purely civil in nature where the claim or relief functions; c. Penalties imposed in relation thereto, collection cases:
prayed for by the plaintiff is solely for payment or (3) Offenses punishable by imprisonment exceeding 1 d. Other matters arising under the NIRC or a. Over appeals from judgments of RTC in tax
reimbursement of sum of money, & year or a fine exceeding P5,000; other law or part of law administered by collection cases decided by them in their
b) the civil aspect of a criminal action, either filed (4) Offenses where there is no private offended party; the BIR; respective jurisdictions
before the institution of a criminal action or (5) Where the dispute involves real properties located in (2) Decisions of the Commissioner of the Bureau b. Over petitions for review on the judgments
reserved upon the filing of the criminal action in different cities or municipalities unless the parties of Customs in cases involving: of the RTC in the exercise of their appellate
court, pursuant to Rule of 111 of the Revised Rules thereto agree to submit their differences to amicable a. Liability for customs duties, fees or other jurisdiction over tax collection cases decided
of Criminal Procedure. settlement by an appropriate lupon; money charges; by the MTC
(6) Disputes involving parties who actually reside in b. Seizure, detention or release of property
These claims or demands may be: barangays of different cities or municipalities, except affected;
a) For money owed under any of the following: where such barangay units adjoin each other and the c. Fines, forfeitures or other penalties
a. Contract of Lease; parties thereto agree to submit their differences to imposed in relation hereto;
b. Contract of Loan; amicable settlement by an appropriate lupon; d. Other matters arising under the Customs
c. Contract of Services; (7) Such other classes of disputes which the President Law or other law or part of law
d. Contract of Sale; may determine in the interest of Justice or upon administered by the BOC;
e. Contract of Mortgage; the recommendation of the Secretary of Justice. (3) In automatic review cases where such decisions
b) For damages arising from any of the following: WHICH BRGY LUPON HAS JURIS? of the Commission of Customs favorable to
a. Fault or negligence; Subject Matter/Parties Venue the taxpayer [thus adverse to government] is
b. Quasi-contract; or (1) Persons actually residing (1) Lupon of said brgy elevated to the Secretary of Finance (Sec. 2315,
c. Contract; in the same brgy TCC);
c) The enforcement of a barangay amicable (4) Decisions of the Secretary of Trade and
settlement or an arbitration award involving a (2) Involving actual residents (2) Brgy where the Industry, in the case of non- agricultural
money claim covered by this Rule pursuant to Sec. of different brgys within respondent or any of product, commodity or article, or the Secretary
417 of RA 7160 (LGC). the same city or the respondents of Agriculture, in the case of agricultural
municipality actually resides, at product, commodity or article, in connection
with the imposition of the Anti-Dumping
the election of the
complaint Duty, Countervailing and Safeguard Duty;
(5) Decisions of the RTC in local tax cases;
(6) Decisions of the Central Board of Assessment
(3) Disputes involving real (3) Where the real
property or any interest property or the Appeals (CBAA) in cases involving the
assessment and taxation of real property;
therein larger portion
thereof is situated (7) Collection of internal revenue taxes and
customs duties the assessment of which have
already become final
(4) Arising at the workplace (4) Brought in the brgy
where the contending where such JURISDICTION - CRIM CASES
parties are employed or
at the institution where
workplace or
institution is located
(1) Exclusive original jurisdiction over all criminal
offenses that are violations of the NIRC, Tariff
such parties are enrolled & Customs Code & other laws administered by
for study the BIR & BoC EXCEPT if taxes & fees have
(1) Objections to venue shall be raised in the no specified amount OR are less than P1M, in
mediation proceedings before the punong
barangay; otherwise, the same shall be deemed
which case, it will be tried by regular courts &
the jurisdiction of CTA shall be appellate AND
waived the civil action for recovery of civil liability of
(2) Any legal question which may confront the taxes & penalties shall at all times be
punong barangay in resolving objections to venue simultaneously instituted with, & jointly
may be submitted to the Secretary of Justice, or his
duly designated representative, whose ruling shall
determined in the same proceeding by the CTA
(2) Exclusive appellate jurisdiction in criminal
be binding offenses:
a. Over appeals from judgments, resolutions or
orders of RTCs in tax cases originally decided
by them
b. Over petitions for review of the judgments,
resolutions or orders of the RTCs over tax
cases originally decided in MTCs