JURISDICTION
By Krissel Paming
Supreme Court
A. Original
Jurisdiction
1.
Exclusive CPM against decisions, orders
and resolutions of:
a) Court of Appeals
b) Court of Tax Appeals
c) Sandiganbayan
d) Commission on
Elections
e) Commission on Audit
Court of Appeals
Exclusive original jurisdiction
over actions for annulment of
judgements of Regional Trial
Courts;
Sec 9 (2) [BP 129].
Regional Trial Court
Sec 19 {except (5) }[BP 129].
Jurisdiction in civil cases. –
Regional Trial Courts shall
exercise exclusive original
jurisdiction:
(1) In all civil actions in which
the subject of the litigation is
incapable of pecuniary
estimation;
(2) In all civil actions which
involve the title to, or
possession of, real property, or
any interest therein, where the
assessed value of the property
involved exceeds (P20,000.00)
or for civil actions in Metro
Manila, where such the value
exceeds (50,000.00) except
actions for forcible entry into
and unlawful detainer of lands
or buildings
(3) In all actions in admiralty
and maritime jurisdiction where
he demand or claim exceeds
(P300,000.00) or , in Metro
Manila, where such demand or
claim exceeds (400,000.00);
(4) In all matters of probate,
Family Courts
Sec. 5. {except (a) } [RA
8369] Jurisdiction of family
Courts. - The Family Courts
shall have exclusive original
jurisdiction to hear and decide
the following cases:
b) Petitions for guardianship,
custody of children, habeas
corpus in relation to the latter;
c) Petitions for adoption of
children and the revocation
thereof;
d) Complaints for annulment
of marriage, declaration of
nullity of marriage and those
relating to marital status and
property relations of husband
and wife or those living
together under different
status and agreements, and
petitions for dissolution of
conjugal partnership of gains;
e) Petitions for support and/or
acknowledgment;
f) Summary judicial
proceedings brought under
the provisions of Executive
Order No. 209, otherwise
known as the "Family Code of
the Philippines";
Municipal Trial Courts/
Metropolitan Trial Court/
Municipal Circuit Trial
Courts
Section 33. Jurisdiction of
Metropolitan Trial Courts,
Municipal Trial Courts and
Municipal Circuit Trial Courts
in civil cases. – Metropolitan
Trial Courts, Municipal Trial
Courts, and Municipal Circuit
Trial Courts shall exercise:
(1) Exclusive original
jurisdiction over civil actions
and probate proceedings,
testate and intestate, including
the grant of provisional
remedies in proper cases,
where the value of the
personal property, estate, or
amount of the demand does
not exceed (P300,000.00) or,
in Metro Manila where such
personal property, estate, or
amount of the demand does
not exceed (P400,000.00)
exclusive of interest damages
of whatever kind, attorney's
fees, litigation expenses, and
costs, the amount of which
must be specifically alleged:
(2) Exclusive original
jurisdiction over cases of
forcible entry and unlawful
both testate and intestate,
where the gross value of the
estate exceeds (P300,000.00)
or, in probate matters in Metro
Manila, where such gross value
exceeds (400,000.00);;
(6) In all cases not within the
exclusive jurisdiction of any
court, tribunal, person or body
exercising jurisdiction or any
court, tribunal, person or body
exercising judicial or quasi-
judicial functions;
(7) In all civil actions and
special proceedings falling
within the exclusive original
jurisdiction of a Juvenile and
Domestic Relations Court and
of the Courts of Agrarian
Relations as now provided by
law; and
(8) In all other cases in which
the demand, exclusive of
interest, damages of whatever
kind, attorney's fees, litigation
expenses, and costs or the
value of the property in
controversy exceeds
(300,000.00) or, in such other
abovementioned items exceeds
(400,000.00).
In all actions involving the
contract of marriage and marital
relations
g) Petitions for declaration of
status of children as
abandoned, dependent o
neglected children, petitions
for voluntary or involuntary
commitment of children; the
suspension, termination, or
restoration of parental
authority and other cases
cognizable under Presidential
Decree No. 603, Executive
Order No. 56, (Series of
1986), and other related laws;
h) Petitions for the
constitution of the family
home;
i) Cases against minors
cognizable under the
Dangerous Drugs Act, as
amended;
j) Violations of Republic Act
No. 7610, otherwise known
as the "Special Protection of
Children Against Child Abuse,
Exploitation and
Discrimination Act," as
amended by Republic Act No.
7658; and
k) Cases of domestic violence
against:
1) Women - which are acts of
gender based violence that
results, or are likely to result
in physical, sexual or
psychological harm or
suffering to women; and other
forms of physical abuse such
as battering or threats and
coercion which violate a
woman's personhood,
integrity and freedom
detainer: Provided, That when,
in such cases, the defendant
raises the question of
ownership in his pleadings and
the question of possession
cannot be resolved without
deciding the issue of
ownership, the issue of
ownership shall be resolved
only to determine the issue of
possession.
(3) Exclusive original
jurisdiction in all civil actions
which involve title to, or
possession of, real property, or
any interest therein where the
assessed value of the property
or interest therein does not
exceed Twenty thousand
pesos (P20,000.00) or, in civil
actions in Metro Manila, where
such assessed value does not
exceed Fifty thousand pesos
(P50,000.00) exclusive of
interest, damages of whatever
kind, attorney's fees, litigation
expenses and costs: Provided,
That value of such property
shall be determined by the
assessed value of the adjacent
lots. (as amended by R.A. No.
7691)
(4)In all actions in admiralty
and maritime jurisdiction where
he demand or claim does not
exceed (P300,000.00) or , in
Metro Manila, where such
demand or claim does not
exceed (400,000.00);
 movement; and
2) Children - which include
the commission of all forms
of abuse, neglect, cruelty,
exploitation, violence, and
discrimination and all other
conditions prejudicial to their
development.
If an act constitutes a criminal
offense, the accused or
batterer shall be subject to
criminal proceedings and the
corresponding penalties.
(5) In all other cases in which
the demand, exclusive of
interest, damages of whatever
kind, attorney's fees, litigation
expenses, and costs or the
value of the property in
controversy does not exceed
(300,000.00) or, in such other
abovementioned items does
not exceed (400,000.00)

If any question involving any

of the above matters should
arise as an incident in any
case pending in the regular
courts, said incident shall be
determined in that court.
2. (Regalado)
Concurrent (a). With the Court of Appeals
over petitions for certiorari, prohibition and mandamus against:
a) Regional Trial Courts
b) Civil Service Commission
c) Central Board of Assessments Appeals
d) National Labor Relations Commission
e) Other quasi judicial agencies

Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Regional Trial Court

 over petitions for certiorari, prohibition, mandamus, habeas corpus, amparo and data.

With the RTC With the SC

- Over actions involving
ambassadors, other
public ministers and
consuls
B. Sec. 5 Article VIII Constitution
Appellate Review, revise, reverse,
Jurisdiction modify or affirm on appeal or
Sec 9 (3) [BP 129].
Exclusive appellate jurisdiction
- Over actions involving
ambassadors, other
public ministers and
consuls
Section 22. Appellate
jurisdiction. – Regional Trial
Courts shall exercise appellate
 certiorari final judgments and
order of 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.
(c) All cases in which the
jurisdiction of any lower court
is in issue.
(d) All criminal cases in which
the penalty imposed is
reclusion perpetua or higher.
(e) All cases in which only an
error or question of law is
involved.
over all final judgments,
resolutions, orders or awards
of Regional Trial Courts (by
ordinary appeal) and
quasi-judicial agencies,
instrumentalities, boards or
commission, including the
Securities and Exchange
Commission, the Social
Security Commission, the
Employees Compensation
Commission and the Civil
Service Commission (by
petition for review)
Decisions and final orders of
the MTC in delegated
jurisdiction over land
registration and cadastral
cases
Note:
* Except those falling within
the appellate jurisdiction of the
Supreme Court in accordance
with the Constitution, the
Labor Code of the Philippines
under Presidential Decree No.
442, as amended, the
provisions of this Act, and of
subparagraph (1) of the third
paragraph and subparagraph
4 of the fourth paragraph od
Section 17 of the Judiciary Act
of 1948.
jurisdiction over all cases
decided by Metropolitan Trial
Courts, Municipal Trial Courts,
and Municipal Circuit Trial
Courts in their respective
territorial jurisdictions. Such
cases shall be decided on the
basis of the entire record of the
proceedings had in the court of
origin and such memoranda
and/or briefs as may be
submitted by the parties or
required by the Regional Trial
Courts. The decision of the
Regional Trial Courts in such
cases shall be appealable by
petition for review to the
Court of Appeals which may
give it due course only when
the petition shows prima facie
that the lower court has
committed an error of fact or
law that will warrant a reversal
or modification of the decision
or judgment sought to be
reviewed.

Section 23. Special jurisdiction

Special to try special cases. – The
Jurisdiction Supreme Court may designate
certain branches of the
Regional Trial Courts to handle
exclusively criminal cases,
Section 35. Special jurisdiction
in certain cases. – In the
absence of all the Regional
Trial Judges in a province or
city, any Metropolitan Trial
 juvenile and domestic relations
cases, agrarian cases, urban
land reform cases which do not
fall under the jurisdiction of
quasi-judicial bodies and
agencies, and/or such other
special cases as the Supreme
Court may determine in the
interest of a speedy and
efficient administration of
justice.
RTC acting as Family Court
RTC acting as Special
Commercial Court
Delegated
Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction Sec 4 (last par) (Art VII, 1987
in other Constitution)
cases The Supreme Court sitting en
banc, shall be the sole judge
of all contests relating to the
election, returns and
Judge, Municipal Trial Judge,
Municipal Circuit Trial Judge
may hear and decide petitions
for a writ of habeas corpus or
applications for bail in criminal
cases in the province or city
where the absent Regional
Trial Judges sit.
Section 34. Delegated
jurisdiction in cadastral and
land registration cases. Trial
courts may be assigned by the
Supreme Court to hear and
determine cadastral and land
registration cases covering lots
where there is no controversy
or opposition, or contested lots
where the value of which does
not exceed 100,000, such
value to be ascertained by the
affidavit of the claimant or by
agreement of the respective
claimant if there are more than
one, or from the corresponding
tax declaration of the real
property. Decisions shall be
appealable in the same
manner as decisions of RTC
Section 36. Summary
procedures in special cases. –
In Metropolitan Trial Courts
and Municipal Trial Courts with
at least two branches, the
Supreme Court may designate
 qualifications of the president one or more branches thereof
or vice president, and may to try exclusively forcible entry
promulgate rules for the and unlawful detainer cases,
purpose. those involving violations of
traffic laws, rules and
Sec 18 (3) (Art VII, 187 regulations, violations of the
Consitution) The Supreme rental law, and such other
Court may review, in an cases requiring summary
appropriate proceeding filed disposition as the Supreme
by any citizen, the sufficiency Court may determine. The
of the factual basis of the Supreme Court shall adopt
proclamation of martial law or special rules or procedures
the suspension of the privilege applicable to such cases in
of the writ or the extension order to achieve an
thereof… expeditious and inexpensive
determination thereof without
regard to technical rules. Such
simplified procedures may
provide that affidavits and
counter-affidavits may be
admitted in lieu of oral
testimony and that the periods
for filing pleadings shall be
non-extendible.

Section 5. After five (5) years from the effectivity of this Act, the jurisdictional amounts mentioned in Sec. 19(3), (4), and (8); and Sec. 33(1) of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 as
amended by this Act, shall be adjusted to Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000.00). Five (5) years thereafter, such jurisdictional amounts shall be adjusted further to Three
hundred thousand pesos (P300,000.00): Provided, however, That in the case of Metro Manila, the abovementioned jurisdictional amounts shall be adjusted after five (5) years
from the effectivity of this Act to Four hundred thousand pesos (P400,000.00).[RA 7691]