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- The Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction over cases affecting ambassadors,
other public ministers, and consuls; and original and exclusive jurisdiction in petitions for
the issuance of writs of certiorari, prohibition and mandamus against the Court of
Appeals.
- The Supreme Court has both original and appellate jurisdiction. It exercises original
jurisdiction (cases are directly filed with the SC in the first instance without passing
through any of the lower courts) over cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers
and consuls, and over petitions for certiorari, prohibition, mandamus, quo warranto, and
habeas corpus. (Art. VIII, §5(1)). It also has original jurisdiction over writs of amparo,
habeas data and the environmental writ of kalikasan. It exercises appellate jurisdiction to
review, revise, reverse, modify, or affirm final judgments, and orders of the lower courts
in:
a. All cases in which the constitutionality or validity of any treaty, international or executive
agreement, law, presidential decree, proclamation, order, instruction, ordinance, or
regulation is in question.
b. All cases involving the legality of any tax, impost, assessment, or toll, or any penalty
imposed in relation thereto.
d. All criminal cases in which the penalty imposed is reclusion perpetua or higher.
The Supreme Court has administrative supervision over all courts and court personnel. (Article
VIII, §6) It exercises this power through the Office of the Court Administrator.
2. Court of Appeals
REFERENCE
https://cacj-ajp.org/philippines/judiciary/description-of-courts/philippine-court-system/