Involving rights legally demandable

Adjudicatory Affecting ambassadors, consuls, public ministers

Power
Presidential Electoral Tribunal = SC
Treaty, Int’l//Exec Agreement

J PD, Proclamation, Order, Instruction,

Constitutional/ Ordinance, R&R, Memorandum
U Validity
Statute

D Tax, Impose, Assessment, Toll

Legality
I or Penalty thereto

C Judicial Reclusion Perpetua

Dept. Penalty Imposed
I Judiciary Judicial =final or higher
Power Review judgment Purely question
A or oder of of law Lack
lower courts
R Jurisprudence Excess
issue
Y Grave abuse of discretion amounting
to lack of jurisdiction
Treaty, Int’l//Exec
Agreement
D
Executive PD, Proclamation, Order, Instruction,
E Dept. Ordinance, R&R, Memorandum

P Grave abuse of discretion to lack of jurisdiction

A Factual basis of suspension of privilege

R Statute
Legislative
T Dept.
Grave abuse of discretion to lack of jurisdiction
M
Decision, ruling, order
E Const.
Com
N Grounds amounting to Lack of jurisdiction

T Cite Contempt

Incidental Issue Subpoena/Orders

Powers
Grant/Deny Motions

Order Arrest

Protection and enforcement of constitutional rights

Pleading, practice, procedure in all courts

Rule-making Admission in the practice of law

Powers
Integrated bar

Legal assistance to the underprivileged

Detailing of lower court judges

Auxilliary Change of venue or place of trial
Powers Power of appointment
Discipline lower court judges
Administrative supervision over all courts and court personnel
Fiscal autonomy\
Annual records
Supervision of Judicial Bar Council
Plenary power over the bar
Supervisory power over IBP
 Justiciable

1. Grave violation of the Constitution

2. Transcedental importance
Actual Case Not moot and 3. To guide the Bench and the Bar
Academic 4.Capable of repition yet evading review

or controversy
Ripe for judicial action

Citizen
Voter
Constitutional Taxpayer
issue must be Associational
raised by Legislative
Requisites for proper party Governmental
Judicial Review (Locus standi) Inter-generational
on a Constitutional Epistolary jurisdiction
Issue

Civil case – Constitutional issue may be raised for the first

time on appeal if the determination of the
Question is necessary to the decision of the
criminal case

Constitutional Criminal- Constituinal issue may be raised anytime on

issue must be case sound discretion of the court
raised at the
earliest Jurisdictioanal – may be raised anytime if it involves the
opportunity issue jurisdiction of the lower court
Except : When there is estoppel

Necessity of The constitutional issue must be lis mota of the case

deciding the
constitutional
issue