COURTS Exclusive original Concurrent Appellate Exclusive original Special

jurisdiction original jurisdiction or appellate jurisdiction

jurisdiction Jurisdiction

Supreme Court Petitions for:
certiorari, prohibition and
mandamus against the
CA, COMELEC, COA,
CTA, Sandiganbayan,
NLRC
(1) With Court of by way of petition for
Appeals in petitions for review on certiorari
certiorari, prohibition (appeal by certiorari
and mandamus against under Rule 45) against:
the RTC, CSC, Central
Board of Assessment (1) CA, Sandiganbayan,
Appeals, Quasi-judicial RTC on pure questions
agencies, and writ of of law;
kalikasan, all subject to
the doctrine of hierarchy (2) in cases involving
of courts. the constitutionality or
validity of a law or
(2) With the CA and treaty, international or
RTC in petitions for executive agreement,
certiorari, prohibition law, presidential decree,
and mandamus against proclamation, order,
lower courts and bodies instruction, ordinance or
and in petitions for quo regulation, legality of a
warranto, and writs of tax, impost,
habeas corpus, all assessment, toll or
subject to the doctrine penalty, jurisdiction of a
of hierarchy of courts. lower court; and

(3) With CA, RTC and (3) CTA in its decisions

Sandiganbayan for rendered en banc.
petitions for writs of
amparo and habeas
data

(4) Concurrent original

jurisdiction with the RTC
in cases affecting
ambassadors, public
ministers and consuls.
Court of Appeals actions for the (1) With SC to issue (1) by way of ordinary
annulment of the writs of certiorari, appeal from the RTC
judgments of the RTC. prohibition and and the Family Courts.
mandamus against the
RTC, CSC, CBAA, other (2) by way of petition for
quasi-judicial agencies review from the RTC
mentioned in Rule 43, rendered by the RTC in
and the NLRC, and writ the exercise of its
of kalikasan. appellate jurisdiction.

(2) With the SC and (3) by way of petition for

RTC to issue writs of review from the
certiorari, prohibition decisions, resolutions,
and mandamus against orders or awards of the
lower courts and bodies CSC, CBAA and other
and writs of quo bodies mentioned in
warranto, habeas Rule 43 and of the
corpus, whether or not Office of the
in aid of its appellate Ombudsman in
jurisdiction, and writ of administrative
continuing mandamus disciplinary cases.
on environmental cases.
(4) over decisions of
(3) With SC, RTC and MTCs in cadastral or
Sandiganbayan for land registration cases
petitions for writs of pursuant to its
amparo and habeas delegated jurisdiction;
data. this is because
decisions of MTCs in
these cases are
appealable in the same
manner as decisions of
RTCs.
Court of Tax Appeals i. Over all criminal cases i. In criminal offenses i. Decisions of CIR in
arising from violation of cases involving disputed
the NIRC of the TCC (1) over appeals from assessments, refunds of
and other laws, part of the judgment, internal revenue taxes,
laws, or special laws resolutions or orders of fees or other charges,
administered by the BIR the RTC in tax cases penalties in relation
or the BOC where the originally decided by thereto, or other matters
principal amount of them, in their respective arising under the NIRC
taxes and fees, territorial jurisdiction, or other laws
exclusive of charges and and; administered by BIR;
penalties claimed is less
that P1M or where there
is no specified amount
claimed (the offenses or
penalties shall be tried
by the regular courts and
the jurisdiction of the
CTA shall be appellate);
ii. In tax collection cases
involving final and
executory assessments
for taxes, fees, charges
and penalties where the
principal amount of
taxes and fees,
exclusive of charges and
penalties claimed is less
than P1M tried by the
proper MTC, MeTC and
RTC.
(2) over petitions for
review of the judgments,
resolutions or orders of
the RTC in the exercise
of their appellate
jurisdiction over tax
cases originally decided
by the MeTCs, MTCs,
and MCTCs in their
respective jurisdiction;
ii. In tax collection cases
(1) over appeals from
the judgments,
resolutions or orders of
the RTC in tax collection
cases originally decided
by them in their
respective territorial
jurisdiction; and
(2) over petitions for
review of the judgments,
resolutions or orders of
the RTC in the exercise
of their appellate
jurisdiction over tax
collection cases
originally decided by the
MeTCs, MTCs and
MCTCs in their
respective jurisdiction.
ii. Inaction by CIR in
cases involving disputed
assessments, refunds of
IR taxes, fees or other
charges, penalties in
relation thereto, or other
matters arising under
the NIRC or other laws
administered by BIR,
where the NIRC or other
applicable law provides
a specific period of
action, in which case
the inaction shall be
deemed an implied
denial;
iii. Decisions, orders or
resolutions of the RTCs
in local taxes originally
decided or resolved by
them in the exercise of
their original or
appellate jurisdiction;
iv. Decisions of the
Commissioner of
Customs (1) in cases
involving liability for
customs duties, fees or
other charges, seizure,
detention or release of
property affected, fines,
forfeitures or other
penalties in relation
thereto, or (2) other
matters arising under
the Customs law or
other laws, part of laws
or special laws
administered by BOC;
v. Decisions of the
Central Board of
Assessment Appeals in
the exercise of its
appellate jurisdiction
over cases involving the
assessment and
taxation of real property
originally decided by the
provincial or city board
of assessment appeals;

vi. Decision of the

secretary of Finance on
customs cases elevated
to him automatically for
review from decisions of
the Commissioner of
Customs which are
adverse to the
government under Sec.
2315 of the Tariff and
Customs Code;

vii. Decisions of
Secretary of Trade and
Industry in the case of
non-agricultural product,
commodity or article,
and the Secretary of
Agriculture in the case
of agricultural product,
commodity or article,
involving dumping
duties and
counterveiling duties
under Secs. 301 and
302, respectively, of the
Tariff and Customs
Code, and safeguard
measures under RA
8800, where either party
may appeal the decision

Sandiganbayan i. Violations of RA 3019
(Anti-Graft and Corrupt
Practices Act)
ii. Violations of RA 1379
(Anti-Ill-Gotten Wealth
Act)
to impose or not to
impose said duties.
with SC, CA and RTC
for petitions for writs of
habeas data and
amparo.

iii. Bribery (Chapter II,

Sec. 2, Title VII, Book II,
RPC) where one or
more of the principal
accused are occupying
the following positions in
the government, whether
in permanent, acting or
interim capacity at the
time of the commission
of the offense

(a) Officials of the

executive branch
occupying the positions
of regional director and
higher, otherwise
classified as Grade 27
and higher, of the
Compensation and
Position Classification
Act of 1989 (RA 6758)

(b) Members of
Congress and officials
thereof classified as G-
27 and up under RA
6758

(c) Members of the

Judiciary without
prejudice to the
 provisions of the
Constitution

(d) Chairmen and

Members of the
Constitutional
Commissions without
prejudice to the
provisions of the
Constitution

(e) All other national and

local officials classified
as Grade 27 and higher
under RA 6758

iv. Other offenses or

felonies committed by
the public officials and
employees mentioned in
Sec. 4(a) of RA 7975 as
amended by RA 8249 in
relation to their office

v. Civil and criminal

cases filed pursuant to
and in connection with
EO Nos. 1, 2, 14-A (Sec.
4, RA 8249)
Regional Trial Court (a) matters incapable of
pecuniary estimation,
such as rescission of
contract
(i) If it is primarily for the
recovery of a sum of
money, the claim is
considered capable of
pecuniary estimation. It
is also still capable of
pecuniary estimation if
the reliefs are alternative
i.e. (deliver the house or
Concurrent and original over cases decided by over JDRC, agrarian
jurisdiction lower courts in their and urban land reform
respective territorial cases not within the
(a) with the Supreme jurisdictions exclusive jurisdiction of
Court in actions quasi-judicial agencies
affecting ambassadors, when so designated by
other public ministers the SC.
and consuls
(b) with the SC and CA
in petitions for certiorari,
prohibition and
mandamus against
lower courts and bodies
in the alternative, pay in petitions for quo
sum) warranto, habeas
corpus, and writ of
(ii) However, where the continuing mandamus
basic issue is something on environmental cases
other than the right to
recover a sum of money, (c) with the SC, CA and
where the money claim Sandigabayan in
is purely incidental to, or petitions for writs of
a consequence of, the habeas data and
principal relief sought, amparo
this Court has
considered such where
the subject of the
litigation may not be
estimated in terms of
money, and are
cognizable exclusively
by courts of first instance
(now Regional Trial
Courts).

(iii) Examples of actions

incapable of pecuniary
estimation are those for
specific performance,
support, or foreclosure
of mortgage or
annulment of judgment;
also actions questioning
the validity of a
mortgage, annulling a
deed of sale or
conveyance and to
recover the price paid
and for rescission, which
is a counterpart of
specific performance.”
Other actions include
expropriation and action
to annul a Deed of
Declaration of heirs, writ
of injunction.
(iv) Actions that are
capable of pecuniary
estimation: Interpleader

(b) title to, possession

of, or interest in, real
property with assessed
value exceeding
P20,000 (outside Metro
Manila), or exceeds
P50,000 in Metro Manila

(c) probate proceedings

where the gross value of
the estate exceeds
P300,000 outside MM or
exceeds P400,000 in
MM

(d) admiralty or maritime

cases where the
demand or claim
exceeds P300,000
outside MM or exceeds
P400,000 in MM

(e) other actions

involving property valued
at more than P300,000
outside MM or more
than P400,000 in MM

(f) criminal cases not

within the exclusive
jurisdiction of the
Sandiganbayan

(i) Violations of RA 9165

or the Comprehensive
Drugs Act of 2002 even
if the even if the
offenders are public
officials occupying a
position classified as
Grade 27 or higher.

(g) Original exclusive

jurisdiction over cases
not falling within the
jurisdiction of any court,
tribunal, person or body
exercising judicial or
quasi-judicial functions

(i) Original and exclusive

jurisdiction to hear and
decide intra-corporate
controversies:

(ii) Cases involving

devises or schemes
employed by or any
acts, of the board of
directors, business
associates, its officers or
partnership, amounting
to fraud and
misrepresentation which
may be detrimental to
the interest of the public
and/or of the
stockholders, partners,
members of associations
or organizations
registered with the SEC

(iii) Controversies arising

out of intra-corporate or
partnership relations,
between and among
stockholders, members
or associates; between
any or all of them and
the corporation,
partnership or
association of which
they are stockholders,
members or associates,
respectively; and
between such
corporation , partnership
or association and the
state insofar as it
concerns their individual
franchise or right to exist
as such entity

(iv) Controversies in the

election or appointments
of directors, trustees,
officers or managers of
such corporations,
partnerships or
associations

(v) Petitions of
corporations,
partnerships or
associations to be
declared in the state of
suspension of payments
in cases where the
corporation, partnership
of association
possesses sufficient
property to cover all its
debts but foresees the
impossibility of meeting
them when they
respectively fall due or in
cases where the
corporation, partnership
of association has no
sufficient assets to cover
its liabilities, but is under
the management of a
Rehabilitation Receiver
 or Management
Committee.
Metropolitan Trial i. In criminal cases: Delegated jurisdiction over petition for writ of
Courts habeas corpus and
(a) Summary to hear and decide application for bail if the
Municipal Trial Courts proceedings for cadastral and land RTC Judge in area is
violations of city or registration cases where not available
Municipal Circuit Trial municipal ordinances there is no controversy
Court committed within their provided the value of
respective territorial the lad to be
Municipal Trial Courts jurisdiction, including ascertained by the
in Cities traffic laws; claimant does not
exceed P100,000
(b) offenses punishable
with imprisonment not
exceeding six (6) years
irrespective of the
amount of fine, and
regardless of other
imposable accessory or
other penalties, including
the civil liability arising
from such offenses or
predicated thereon,
irrespective of the kind,
nature, value or amount
thereof; provided
however, that in
offenses involving
damage to property
through criminal
negligence, they shall
have exclusive original
jurisdiction thereof (Sec.
2, RA 7691).

ii. Civil actions

(a) 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 the demand
does not exceed
P200,000 outside MM or
does not exceed
P400,000 in MM,
exclusive of interest,
damages of whatever
kind, attorney’s fees,
litigation expenses, and
costs.

(b) Summary
proceedings of forcible
entry and unlawful
detainer, violation of
rental law

(c) title to, or possession

of, real property, or any
interest therein where
the assessed value of
the property or interest
therein does not exceed
P20,000 outside MM or
does not exceed
P50,000 in MM

Jurisdiction over small

claims

1. MTCs, MeTCs and

MCTCs shall have
jurisdiction over actions
for payment of money
where the value of the
claim does not exceed
P100,000 exclusive of
interest and costs (Sec.
2, AM 08-8-7-SC, Oct.
27, 2009).
 2. Actions covered are

(a) purely civil in nature

where the claim or relief
prayed for by the plaintiff
is soley for payment or
reimbursement of sum of
money, and

(b) the civil aspect of

criminal actions, either
filed before the
institution of the criminal
action, or reserved upon
the filing of the criminal
action in court, pursuant
to Rule 111 (Sec. 4, AM
08-8-7-SC).

These claims may be:

a. For money owed

under the contracts of
lease, loan, services,
sale, or mortgage;

b. For damages arising

from fault or negligence,
quasi-contract, or
contract; and

c. The enforcement of a
barangay amicable
settlement or an
arbitration award
involving a money claim
pursuant to Sec. 417 of
RA 7160 (LGC).
Shariah Courts A. Shariah District concurrent original all cases tried in the
Courts jurisdiction over the Shari'a Circuit Courts
following: within their territorial
jurisdiction.
1. All cases 1. Petitions by
involving custody, Muslims for the
guardianship, legitimacy, constitution of the family
paternity and filiation home, change of name
arising under and commitment of
Presidential Decree No. insane person to any
1083; asylum;

i. The Shari'a 2. All other

District Court may, upon personal and real
petition of a proper wali, actions not mentioned
order the solemnization in paragraph 1(d)
of the marriage of a wherein the parties
female who though less involved are Muslims
than fifteen but not except those for forcible
below twelve years of entry and unlawful
age, has attained detainer which shall fall
puberty. under the exclusive
original jurisdiction of
2. All cases the Municipal Circuit
involving disposition, Courts; and
distribution and
settlement of the estate 3. All special civil
of a deceased Muslim, actions for interpleader
probate of wills, or declaratory relief
issuance of letters of where the parties are
administration or Muslims or the property
appointment of involved belongs
administrators or exclusively to a Muslim.
executors regardless of
the nature or the
aggregate value of the
property;

3. Petitions for
declaration of absence
and death and for
cancellation and
correction of entries in
the Muslim Registries
mentioned in Title VI,
Book Two of Presidential
Decree No. 1083;
4. All actions
arising from customary
contracts in which the
parties are Muslims, if
they have not specified
which law shall govern
their relations;

5. All petitions for

mandamus, prohibition,
injunction, certiorari,
habeas corpus, and all
auxiliary writs and
processes in aid of its
appellate jurisdiction;

B. Shariah Circuit Court

(1) All cases involving

offenses defined and
punished under this
Code.

(2) All civil actions and

proceedings between
parties who are Muslims
or have been married in
accordance with Article
13 involving disputes
relating to:

(a) Marriage;
(b) Divorce recognized
under this Code;
(c) Betrothal or breach of
contract to marry;
(d) Customary dower
(mahr);
(e) Disposition and
distribution of property
upon divorce;
 (f) Maintenance and
support, and consolatory
gifts, (mut'a); and
(g) Restitution of marital
rights.

(3) All cases involving

disputes relative to
communal properties.
Family Courts Under RA 8369, family
courts shall have
exclusive original
jurisdiction over the
following cases:

a. Petitions for
guardianship, custody of
children and habeas
corpus involving children

b. Petitions for adoption

of children and the
revocation thereof (now
allows the inclusion that
a child be declared
abandoned and
neglected)

c. Complaints for
annulment of marriage,
declaration of nullity of
marriage and those
relating to 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
d. Petitions for support
and/or acknowledgment

e. Summary judicial
proceedings brought
under the provisions of
EO 209 (Family Code)

(1) Article 41 –
Declaration of
presumptive death

(2) Article 51 – Delivery

of presumptive legitime
to children

(3) Article 69 – Fixing of

domicile; if there is
disagreement between
husband and wife, you
go to court

(4) Article 73 – Exercise

of profession and there
is objection of other
spouse, you go to court
so it will determine if the
objection is proper and if
benefit accrued prior to
objection

(5) Article 96 –
Administration and
enjoyment of ACP

(6) Article 104 –

Administration and
enjoyment of CPG

(7) Article 223 – when

the child is giving you so
much problem, you go to
court for disciplinary
measures

(8) Article 225 – when

property of child
exceeds P50K, you
need a judicial bond
given by court in
summary proceeding

(9) Article – Separated in

fact, and you need court
authorization for
disposition of property

f. Petitions for
declaration of status of
children as abandoned,
dependent or neglected
children, petitions for
voluntary or involuntary
commitment of children,
the suspension,
termination or
restoration of parental
authority and other
cases cognizable under
PD 603, EO 56 (1986)
and other related laws

g. Petitions for the

constitution of the family
home

h. In areas where there

are no Family Courts,
the above-enumerated
cases shall be
adjudicated by the RTC
(RA 8369)
 UNIVERSITY OF THE CORDILLERAS
Baguio City,Philippines

JURISDICTION OF PHILIPPINE COURTS

Submitted to: Atty. Roger L. Nafianog

Professor Conflict of Laws

Submitted by:
Ben-at, Joy C.
Torino, Marx Earvin C.
III-D

September 11, 2019