Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court

  • Original Jurisdiction:
    • Cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls
    • Petitions for certiorari, prohibition, mandamus, quo warranto, and habeas corpus.
    • Final judgments of lower courts in cases:
      • Involving the constitutionality of any issuance
      • Involving the legality of any tax, impost, assessment, or toll, or any related penalty
      • Questioning the jurisdiction of the lower court
      • Where the penalty imposed is reclusion perpetua or higher
      • Where only a question of law is involved (The Constitution, Art. VIII, §05 (01-02))

Appeal from the decisions and issuances of the Ombudsman

Zamora v. Bautista, G.R. Nos. 272888 & 273014, August 13, 2025 [Decision per J. Hernando, First Division].

The remedy against the Ombudsman’s decisions and issurances in administrative cases, whether through Rule 43 pr Rule 65, must first be filed with the CA in observance of the doctrine of hierarchy courts.1LOL

The remedy the Ombudsman’s decisions and issurances in criminal cases or non-administrative cases, when tainted with grave abuse of discretion, is to file an original action for certiorari with the Supreme Court.

Endnotes

  1. citing Espina v. Soriano, G.R. No. 208436 (with related cases G.R. Nos. 208569, 209279 & 209288), 944 Phil. 467, July 25, 2023 [Decision per J. Hernando, First Division] citing Information Technology Foundation v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 159139 , 810 Phil. 400, June 06, 2017 [Decision per J. Jardeleza, En Banc].  ↩