REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

TOPIC ASSIGNED STUDENT

a. Creation and Organization – Sections 13-14, BP Blg 129 Agot
as amended

b. . Qualifications, appointment, tenure of office, and Agot

removal from office

•Section 7(2) & (3), Article VIII, 1987 Constitution

Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Trial Courts and Municipal Circuit Trial Courts
•Section 15, Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 as amended
TOPIC ASSGINED STUDENT
a.Creation and organization – Section 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, BP Gregorio
i. Assignment of Regional Trial Judges Agot
Blg 129 as amended
•Section 17, Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 as amended
b.Qualifications, appointment, tenure of office and Gregorio
removal from office – Section 26, BP Blg 129 as amended
Agot
ii.Authority to define territory appurtenant to each branch
c.Jurisdiction Gregorio
•Section 6, Article VIII, 1987 Constitution
i.Civil cases – Section 33, BP Blg 129 as amended
•Section 18, Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 as amended
CIVIL •Spouses Del Rosario v. Gerry Roxas Foundation, Inc., G.R.
iii.Delegation of additional powers or functions Agot
CASES No. 170575, June 8, 2011
iv.Jurisdiction – Agot
•Spouses
1.Civil Barnachea
cases – Sectionv.19,
Court of 129
BP Blg Appeals, G.R. No. 150025,
as amended Quiros
July 23, 2008
➢When an action is incapable of pecuniary estimation Agot
Criminal cases – Section 32, BP Blg 129 as amended Quiros
•Russell v. Vestil, G.R. No. 119347, March 17, 1999
CRIMINAL •People v. Eduarte, G.R. No. 88232, February 26, 1990
CASES
➢Meaning of assessed value Agot
•Morales v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 126623, December Quiros
12,G.R.
•Hilario v. Heirs of Salvador, 1997No. 160384, April 29,
2005
iii.Delegated
➢Contract of jurisdiction
marriage and – Section
marital 34, BP Blg 129 as
relations Barde Quiros
amended
•Tamano v. Ortiz, G.R. No. 126603, June 29, 1998
iv.Special jurisdiction – Section 35, BP Blg 129 as amended Quiros
➢Acting as a probate court Barde
v.Preliminary investigation – Section 37, BP Blg 129 as Quiros
•Aranas
amended v. Mercado, 713 SCRA 194 [2014]
➢When the amount of damages should be considered in Barde
determining
d. Judgmentsthe
andjurisdiction
processesof the court
– Section 38, BP Blg 129 as Quiros
amended
•Sante v. Claravall, G.R. No. 173915, February 22, 2010

Barde
•Soliven v. Fastforms Philippines, Inc., G.R. No. 139031,
October 18, 2004

➢Do trial courts have jurisdiction over ecclesiastical Barde

DO TRIAL matters?
COURTS
HAVE •Taruc v. De la Cruz, G.R. No. 144801, March 10, 2005
JURISDICTIO
 SANDIGANBAYAN

TOPIC

ASSIGNED STUDENT

a.Creation

•Presidential Decree No. 1606 as amended by RA No. 7975 and RA No. 8249

Quiros

•People of the Philippines v. Go, 719 SCRA 704 (2014)

Tamayo

b.Jurisdiction

•Section 4, RA 8249

Tamayo

•People v. Sandiganayan, G.R. No. 169004, September 15, 2010

Tamayo

COURT OF TAX APPEALS

TOPIC

ASSIGNED

a.Creation and Appointment (Read RA No. 9282)

i.Jurisdiction over certain types of tax cases

Tamayo

ii.Power to promulgate its own rules

•Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. United Salvage and Towage (Phils.), Inc., 729 SCRA 113 (2014)

Tamayo

iii.Power to administer oaths, issue subpoena, punish for contempt

Tamayo

iv.Violation of penal law

Tamayo

Instances where CTA exercises exclusive appellate jurisdiction

b.Instances where CTA exercises exclusive appellate jurisdiction

•Santos v. People and BIR, G.R. No. 173176, August 26, 2008

Tamayo

•Smart Communications, Inc. v. Municipality of Malvar, Batangas, 716 SCRA 677 (2014)
Tamayo

Authority of CTA to issue or grant writs of certiorari

ii.Authority of CTA to issue or grant writs of certiorari

•The City of Manila v. Brecia-Cuerdo, 715 SCRA 182 (2014)

Tibig

•City of Lapu-Lapu v. Philippine Economic Zone Authority, 742 SCRA 524 (2014)

Tibig

Shari’a Courts

TOPIC

ASSIGNED

•Article VIII, Republic Act No. 9054

Tibig

•Articles 137 – 159, Presidential Decree No. 1083

Tibig

•Villagracia v. Fifth (5th) Shari’a District Court, 723 SCRA [2014]

Tibig
•Montaer v. Shari’a District Court, G.R. No. 174975, January 20, 2009

Tibig

•Mendez v. Shari’a District Court, G.R. No. 201614, January 12, 2016

Tibig

•Mamiscal v. Abdullah, A.M. No. SCC-13-18-J, July 1, 2015

Tibig