Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court

  • Original Jurisdiction:
    • Petitions for certiorari, prohibition, and mandamus against:
      • the CA, COMELEC, COA, CTA, and SB (exclusive)
      • RTCs and the NLRC (concurrent with the CA)
    • Petitions for certiorari, prohibition, mandamus, habeas corpus, and other writs in PCGG cases (concurrent with the SB)
    • Actions afftecing ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls (The Constitution, Art. VIII, §05, 01) (concurrent with RTCs, BP 129 §21 (2) (unamended))
    • Petition for a writ of amparo (concurrent with the RTC, CA, and SB) (Rule on the Writ of Apmaro AM 07-9-12-SC §03)
    • Petition for a writ of habeas data (concurrent with the RTC, CA, and SB) (Rule on the Writ of Habeas Data AM 08-1-16-SC §03)
  • Appellate Jurisdiction:
    • Petitions for certiorari against CA and SB
    • Petitions for certiorari against RTCs in cases involving:
      • Cases involving the constitutionality or validity of any treaty, international or executive agreement, law, presidential decree, proclamation, order, instruction, ordinance, or regulation
      • Cases involving the legality of any tax, impost, assessment, or toll, or any penalty imposed in relation thereto
      • Cases in which the jurisdiction of any lower court is in issue
      • Criminal cases in which the penalty imposed is reclusion perpetua or higher
      • Cases in which only an error or question of law is involved
      • (The Constitution, Art. VIII, §05, 02, a-e)
    • From rulings of the CTA En Banc on a motion for reconsideration or new trial (RA 1125, a.a.b. RA 9282, §19)
    • From any final judgment or order in a writ of amparo case (Rule on the Writ of Apmaro AM 07-9-12-SC §19)
    • From any final judgment or order in a writ of habeas data case (Rule on the Writ of Habeas Data AM 08-1-16-SC §19)

Jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals

  • Original Jurisdiction:
    • Actions for annulment of judgments of RTCs (exclusive, BP 129 §9 (2) (unamended))
    • Petitions for certiorari, prohibition, and mandamus against RTCs and the NLRC (concurrent with the SC)
    • Petition for a writ of amparo (concurrent with the RTC, SB, and SC) (Rule on the Writ of Apmaro AM 07-9-12-SC §03)
    • Petition for a writ of habeas data (concurrent with the RTC, SB, and SC) (Rule on the Writ of Habeas Data AM 08-1-16-SC §03)
    • An order approving or disapproving a rehabilitation plan via Rule 65 (Financial Rehabilitation Rules of Procedure (2013) (A.M. No. 12-12-11 SC) R06 §02)
    • An order issued after the approval of the rehabilitation plan via Rule 65 (Financial Rehabilitation Rules of Procedure (2013) R06 §02)
  • Appellate Jurisdiction:
    • Final judgments, decisions, resolutions, orders, or awards of:
      • RTCs, including:
        • Family Courts (Family Courts Act of 1997, RA 8369)
        • Special Commercial Courts (Securities Regulation Code, RA 8799)
      • quasi-judicial agencies, etc.
      • except cases falling within the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under The Constitution, BP 129, and RA 296 (The Judiciary Act of 1948) §17, ¶3(1) ¶4(4).
    • Appeals by petition for review via Rule 43 from judgments of the:
      • Civil Service Commission
      • Central Board of Assessment Appeals
        • [A/N: My 2016 and 2020 RBSI copies of the Rules of Court still list the CBBA under Rule 42. These are instead appealed to the CTA under RA 9282, not the CA under the Rules of Court. See e.g., Manila v. Grecia‑Cuerdo, G.R. No. 175723, 726 Phil. 9, February 04, 2014 [Decision – Peralta, J., En Banc] for a pronouncement.]
      • Securities and Exchange Commission
      • Office of the President
      • Land Registration Authority
      • Social Security Commission
      • Civil Aeronautics Board
      • Bureau of Patents
      • Trademarks and Technology Transfer
      • National Electrification Administration
      • Energy Regulatory Board
      • National Telecommunications Commission
      • Department of Agrarian Reform (R.A. No. 6657)
      • Government Service Insurance System
      • Employees Compensation Commission
      • Agricultural Invention Board
      • Insurance Commission
      • Philippine Atomic Energy Commission
      • Board of Investments
      • Construction Industry Arbitration Commission
      • voluntary arbitrators authorized by law
    • Appeals by petition for review via Rule 42 from judgments of RTCs in the exercise of its appellate jurisdiction
    • Appeals from judgments of Special Agrarian Courts (Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988, R.A. No. 6657 §60)

Jurisdiction of the Regional Trial Courts (a.k.a. Second-Level Courts)

  • Original Jurisdiction:
    • (Real property, v > 400,000.00) Civil actions which involve the title to, or possession of, real property, or any interest therein, whose assessed value exceeds PHP 400,000.00 (BP 129 §19, a.a.b. RA 11576)
Note the use of the word “exceeds,” i.e., the provision says that if the property is valued at exactly P400,000.00, it is not within the jurisdiction of the RTC. Hence, the symbol used is >, and not ≥.

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  • (Sea, v > 2,000,000.00) Admiralty and maritime actions demanding over PHP 2,000,000.00 (BP 129 §19, a.a.b. RA 11576)
  • (Estate, v > 2,000,000.00) Probate matters where the gross value of the estate exceeds PHP 2,000,000.00 (BP 129 §19, a.a.b. RA 11576)
  • (see BP 129 §19)
  • All othe cases demeanding over PHP 2,000,000.00 excluding interest, damages, attorney’s fees, costs, or value of the property (BP 129 §19, a.a.b. RA 11576)

References

(other than Supreme Court cases)
  • Riguera, Manuel R. (2022). Primer-Reviewer on Remedial Law: With case updates (7th ed., Vol. 1). Central Book Supply, Inc., Quezon City, Philippines.

Endnotes