JURISDICTION in ORD

JURISDICTION SUPREME COURT (SC)

1. Petitions for Certiorari, Prohibition & Mandamus against:

a. Court of Appeals (CA)
b. Commission on Elelctions (ComElec)
c. Commission on Audit (CoA)
d. Sandiganbayan
e. Court of Tax Appeals (CTA)

2. 'Disciplinary proceedings against members of the Bar and court

employees
EXCLUSIVE ORIGINAL
EXCLUSIVE ORIGINAL
 With the CA:

1. Petitions for Certiorari, Prohibition & Mandamus against:

a. Regional Trial Court (RTC)

b. Civil Service Commission (CSC)

 c. Central Board of Assessment Appeals (CBAA)

d. National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC)

e. Other quasi-judicial agencies

2. Petitions for Writ of Kalikasan

With the RTC & CA:

CONCURRENT
Note: While the Rules provide for
concurrent jurisdiction among the RTC, CA
& SC, the same is subject to the Doctrine
of Hierarchy of Courts

1. Petitions for Habeas Corpus

2. Petitions for Quo Warranto

3. Petitions for Certiorari, Prohibtions & Mandamus against inferior courts

and other bodies

With the RTC, CA & Sandiganbayan:

1. Petitions for Writ of Amparo

2. Petitions for Writ of Habeas Data

With the RTC:

 Cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers & consuls

- Petitions for review on Certiorari against:

1. Court of Appeals (CA)

2. Sanidganbayan

3. RTC on pure questions of law

APPELLATE
 4. In cases involving the constitutionality/validity of a treaty, international

agreement or executive agreement, law, presidential decree,

APPELLATE

proclamation, order, instruction, ordinance or regulation, legality of a tax,

impost, assessment, toll or penalty, jurisdiction of the lower court

5. Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) EnBanc
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 JURISDICTION in ORDINARY CIVIL CASES

COURT OF APPEALS (CA) REGIONAL TRIAL COURT (RTC)

1. Demand for money

exceeding P300,000 - outside MM
exceeding P400,000 - w/in MM

- Actions for annulment of judgments of th RTC

2. Admiralty and maritime cases, the value of the demand or claim:

exceeding P300,000 - outside MM
exceeding P400,000 - w/in MM

3. Actions invovling Personal property, the FMV of which:

exceeding P300,000 - outside MM
exceeding P400,000 - w/in MM
4. Probate proceedings (testate/intestate), gross value of the estate:
exceeding P300,000 - outside MM
exceeding P400,000 - w/in MM

NOTE: EXCLUSIVE of INTEREST, DAMAGES (of whatever kind), ATTY'S FEES, LITIGATION E
which must be SPECIFICALLY alleged. However, although IDALEC are excluded in determining t
NOTE: The exclusion of the term "damages of whatever kind" in determining jurisdictional amount
cases where the damages are merely incidental to or a consequence of the main causeof action. H
NOTE: The totality of all claims embodied in one complaint shall be the TEST in determining jurisd
different transactions, or whether they belong to the same or different persons.
5. Actions involving title to or possession of real property or any

interest therein, the assessed value of which:

exceeding P20,000 - outside MM
exceeding P50,000 - w/in MM
6. Action the subject matter of which is incapable of pecuniary

estimation
(Where the basic issue is something other than the right to recover a

sum of money, or the money claim is merely incidental to the principal

relief, the action is incapable of pecuniary estimation.

Russel vs Vestil|GR no. 119347|Mar 17, 1999)
NOTE: Annulment of judgements of the RTC is also an action which is

incapable of pecuniary estimation BUT is cognizable ONLY by the the

CA by express mandate of BP 129. All actions which are incapable of

pecuniary estimation is cognizable by the RTC except the annulment

of judgments of the RTC.

7. Cases not within the exclusive jurisdiction of any court, tribunal,

person or body exercising judicial or quai-judicial functions.

(GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE RTC)
 8. Under Sec 5.2 of the Securties & Regulations Code:
a. cases involving Devices/schemes employed by or any acts, of the

BOD, Business Assosiates, its officers or partnership, amounting to

fraud and misrepresentation:

b. Controversies arising out of intracorporate or partnership relations;
c. Controversies in the eletions or appointments of directors, trustees,

officers, or managers of corporations, partnerships or associations;

and
d. Petitions of corporations, partnerships or associations to be

declared in a state of suspension of payments.

With the SC: With the CA & SC:

1. Petitions for Certiorari, Prohibition & Mandamus against:

1. Petitions for Habeas Corpus

a. Regional Trial Court (RTC) 2. Petitions for Quo Warranto

b. Civil Service Commission (CSC) 3. Petitions for Certiorari, Prohibtions & Mandamus against inferior

courts and other bodies

c. Central Board of Assessment Appeals (CBAA) With the RTC, SC & Sandiganbayan:

d. National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) 1. Petitions for Writ of Amparo

e. Other quasi-judicial agencies 2. Petitions for Writ of Habeas Data

2. Petitions for Writ of Kalikasan With the SC:

With the RTC & SC: Cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers & consuls

1. Petitions for Habeas Corpus

With the Insurance Commissioner:

2. Petitions for Quo Warranto Single claim not exceeding P 5,000,000

3. Petitions for Certiorari, Prohibtions & Mandamus against inferior

courts and other bodies

With the RTC, SC & Sandiganbayan:

1. Petitions for Writ of Amparo

2. Petitions for Writ of Habeas Data

1. Ordinary appeal from the RTC and the Family Courts

2. Petition for Review from the RTC rendered in the exercise of its

appellate jurisdiction

3. Petition for Review from the decisions, resolutions, orders or awards

of the:
a. Civil Service Commission (CSC) All cases decided by the MTC in their respective territorial jurisdiction
b. Office of the Ombudsman in administrative disciplinary except decisions of lower courts in the exercise of delegated
c. Other bodies mentioned in Rule 43 jurisdiction.
3. Petition for Review from the decisions, resolutions, orders or awards
of the:
a. Civil Service Commission (CSC) All cases decided by the MTC in their respective territorial jurisdiction
b. Office of the Ombudsman in administrative disciplinary except decisions of lower courts in the exercise of delegated
c. Other bodies mentioned in Rule 43 jurisdiction.

4. Exclusive appellate jurisdiction by way of Ordinary appealover

decisions of the MTCs in cadastral/land registration cases pursuant to

its delegated jurisdiction

 The SC may designate certain branches of RTC to handle exclusively

criminal cases, juvenile and domestic relation cases, agrarian cases,

urban land reform cases not falling under the jurisdiction of any quasi-

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judicial bodies and agencies and/or such other special cases as the

SC may determine in the interest of speedy and efficient

administration of justice.

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 METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURT (MTC)

1. Demand for money

NOT exceeding P300,000 - outside MM
NOT exceeding P400,000 - w/in MM

2. Admiralty and maritime cases, the value of the demand or claim

NOT exceeding P300,000 - outside MM
NOT exceeding P400,000 - w/in MM

3. Actions invovling Personal property, the FMV of which:

NOT exceeding P300,000 - outside MM
NOT exceeding P400,000 - w/in MM
 4. Probate proceedings (testate/intestate), gross value of the estate:
NOT exceeding P300,000 - outside MM
NOT exceeding P400,000 - w/in MM

atever kind), ATTY'S FEES, LITIGATION EXPENSES & COSTS (IDALEC), the amount of
ough IDALEC are excluded in determining the jurisdiction of the court, these items, however
er kind" in determining jurisdictional amount under BP 129 as amendedby RA 7691 applies to
consequence of the main causeof action. However, in cases where the claim for damages is
aint shall be the TEST in determining jurisdiction whether the claims arise out of the same or
me or different persons.
5. Actions involving title to or possession of real property or any interest

therein, the assessed value of which:

NOT exceeding P20,000 - outside MM
NOT exceeding P50,000 - w/in MM
6. Inclusion and exclusion of voters

7. Cases falling under the 1991 Rules on Summary Procedure:

a. Forcible entry & Unlawful detainer
b. Other civil cases
8. Cases falling under the Rule of Procedure for Small Claims cases.
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Petition for Habeas Corpus or application for bail in criminal cases in the
absence of ALL RTC judges in th province or city.
In the absence of all RTC judges, any MTC judge in the province or city
where the absent RTC judges sit, may hear and decide:
1. Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
2. Application for bail in criminal cases

May be assigned by the SC to hear cadastral/land registration cases where:

1. there is no controversy or opposition over the land; or
2. in case of contested lands, the value does not exceed P100,000