SUPREME COURT JUSRISDICTION

1. Exclusive Original Jurisdiction:

 Petitions for certiorari, prohibition, and mandamus against the:
1. Court of Appeals
2. COMELEC
3. Commission on Audit
4. Sandiganbayan
5. Court of Tax Appeals

2. Concurrent Original Jurisdiction

 With the CA – petitions for certiorari, prohibition, and mandamus
against the:
1. Regional Trial Court
2. Civil Service Commission
3. Central Board of Assessment Appeals
4. National Labor Relations Commission
5. Other quasi-judicial agencies

 With the CA and the RTC –

1. petitions for certiorari, prohibition, and mandamus against lower
courts and bodies
2. petitions for quo warranto and habeas corpus

 With the RTC – cases affecting ambassadors, public ministers, and

consuls

3. Appellate Jurisdiction
 Appeal by certiorari under Rule 45 against the:
1. Court of Appeals
2. Sandiganbayan
3. Regional Trial Courts on:
 pure questions of law
 in cases involving the constitutionality or validity of a law, or treaty,
international or executive agreement, law, presidential decree,
proclamation, order, instruction, ordinance, or regulation
 legality of a tax, impost, assessment, toll or penalty, or jurisdiction
of a lower court.
4. Court of Tax Appeals in its decisions rendered en banc
 COURT OF APPEALS JURISDICTION

1. Exclusive original jurisdiction

 actions for annulment of judgments of Regional Trial Courts

2. Concurrent Original Jurisdiction

 With SC – above
 With SC and RTC – above

3. Exclusive Appellate Jurisdiction

 By way of ordinary appeal: judgments of RTC and Family Courts
 By way of petition for review:
1. judgment of RTC in the exercise of its appellate jurisdiction
2. decisions, resolutions, orders or awards of the Civil Service
Commission and other bodies mentioned in Rule 43
* all final judgements, resolutions, orders or awards of Regional Trial Courts
and quasi-judicial agencies, instrumentalities, boards or commission,
including:
1. Securities and Exchange Commission
2. the Social Security Commission
3. the Employees Compensation Commission, and
4. the Civil Service Commission

* 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 of Section 17 of the Judiciary Act of 1948.

4. Appellate Jurisdiction
 Decisions of MTC in cadastral or land registration cases
 COURT OF TAX APPEALS JURISDICTION

1. Exclusive Appellate Jurisdiction to review by appeal

1. Decisions of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in cases
involving disputed assessments, refunds of internal revenue taxes,
fees or other charges, penalties in relation thereto, or other matters
arising under the National Internal Revenue or other laws
administered by the Bureau of Internal Revenue;
2. Inaction by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in cases
involving disputed assessments, refunds of internal revenue taxes,
fees or other charges, penalties in relations thereto, or other matters
arising under the National Internal Revenue Code or other laws
administered by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, where the National
Internal Revenue Code provides a specific period of action, in which
case the inaction shall be deemed a denial;
3. Decisions, orders or resolutions of the Regional Trial Courts in local
tax cases originally decided or resolved by them in the exercise of their
original or appellate jurisdiction;
4. Decisions of the Commissioner of Customs in cases involving
liability for customs duties, fees or other money charges, seizure,
detention or release of property affected, fines, forfeitures or other
penalties in relation thereto, or other matters arising under the
Customs Law or other laws administered by the Bureau of Customs;
5. 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;
6. Decisions 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 Section 2315 of
the Tariff and Customs Code;
 7. Decisions of the Secretary of Trade and Industry, in the case of
nonagricultural product, commodity or article, and the Secretary of
Agriculture in the case of agricultural product, commodity or article,
involving dumping and countervailing duties under Section 301 and
302, respectively, of the Tariff and Customs Code, and safeguard
measures under Republic Act No. 8800, where either party may
appeal the decision to impose or not to impose said duties.

2. Exclusive Original Jurisdiction in tax collection cases

a) tax collection cases involving final and executory assessments for
taxes, fees, charges and penalties: Provided, however, That collection
cases where the principal amount of taxes and fees, exclusive of
charges and penalties, claimed is less than One million pesos
(P1,000,000.00) shall be tried by the proper Municipal Trial Court,
Metropolitan Trial Court and Regional Trial Court.

3. Exclusive Appellate Jurisdiction in tax collection cases

a) Over appeals from the judgments, resolutions or orders of the
Regional Trial Courts in tax collection cases originally decided by
them, in their respective territorial jurisdiction.
b) Over petitions for review of the judgments, resolutions or orders of the
Regional Trial Courts in the Exercise of their appellate jurisdiction over
tax collection cases originally decided by the Metropolitan Trial Courts,
Municipal Trial Courts and Municipal Circuit Trial Courts, in their
respective jurisdiction.
 MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT JURISDICTION

1. Exclusive Original Jurisdiction

1. 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 or,
- in Metro Manila where such personal property, estate, or amount of
the demand does not exceed P400,000,
- exclusive of interest, damages of whatever kind, attorney's fees,
litigation expenses, and costs, the amount of which must be
specifically alleged:
- Provided, That interest, damages of whatever kind, attorney's fees,
litigation expenses, and costs shall be included in the determination of
the filing fees:
- Provided, further, That where there are several claims or causes of
actions between the same or different parties, embodied in the same
complaint, the amount of the demand shall be the totality of the claims
in all the causes of action, irrespective of whether the causes of action
arose out of the same or different transactions;
2. Cases of forcible entry and unlawful detainer
- Provided, That when, in such cases, the defendant raises the
questions 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; and
3. 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 in cases of land not declared for taxation purposes,
the value of such property shall be determined by the assessed value
of the adjacent lots.

4. Special Jurisdiction
 petitions for habeas corpus in the absence of RTC judges in the
province or city, including applications for bail

5. Exclusive Jurisdiction
 Cases falling under Summary Procedure:
(1) All cases of forcible entry and unlawful detainer, irrespective of the
amount of damages or unpaid rentals sought to be recovered. Where
attorney's fees are awarded, the same shall not exceed twenty
thousand pesos (P20,000.00)
(2) All other civil cases, except probate proceedings, where the total
amount of the plaintiff's claim does not exceed ten thousand pesos
(P10,000.00), exclusive of interest and costs.
 Cases falling under the Rule of Procedure for Small Claims: payment
of money where the value of the claim does not exceed Two Hundred
Thousand Pesos (P200,000.00) exclusive of interest and costs.
 REGIONAL TRIAL COURT JURISDICTION

1. 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 Twenty thousand pesos (P20,000,00) or,
- for civil actions in Metro Manila, where such value exceeds Fifty
thousand pesos (P50,000.00)
- except actions for forcible entry into and unlawful detainer of lands
or buildings, original jurisdiction over which is conferred upon the
Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Trial Courts, and Municipal Circuit
Trial Courts;
3. In all actions in admiralty and maritime jurisdiction where the demand
or claim:
- exceeds P300,000 or,
- in Metro Manila, where such demand or claim exceeds P400,000;
4. In all matters of probate, both testate and intestate, where the gross
value of the estate
- exceeds P300,000 or,
- in probate matters in Metro Manila, where such gross value exceeds
P400,000
5. In all actions involving the contract of marriage and marital relations;
6. In all cases not within the exclusive jurisdiction of any court, tribunal,
person or body exercising jurisdiction of 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 Court 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 P300,000 or,
- in such other cases in Metro Manila, where the demand exclusive of
the abovementioned items exceeds P400,000.

2. Concurrent Original Jurisdiction

 With the SC – actions affecting ambassadors, other public minsters,
and consuls
 With the SC and CA:
1. petitions for certiorari, prohibition, and mandamus against
lower courts and bodies
2. petitions for quo warranto and habeas corpus

3. Appellate Jurisdiction
 All cases decided by MeTC, MTC, and MCTC in their respective
territorial jurisdictions

4. Special Jurisdiction
 The Supreme Court may designate certain branches of the Regional
Trial Courts to handle exclusively criminal cases, 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.

5. Jurisdiction over intra-corporate controversies

(a) Devices 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 stockholder, partners, members of associations or organizations
registered with the Commission;

(b) 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; and

(c) Controversies in the election or appointments of directors, trustees, officers

or managers of such corporations, partnerships or associations.

(d) petitions for corporations, partnerships, or associations to be declared in

the state of suspensions of payments in cases where the corporation,
partnership or 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 or association has no sufficient
assets to cover its liabilities, but is under the management of a Rehabilitation
Receiver or Management Committee.
 FAMILY COURTS JURISDICTION The sentence, however, shall be suspended without need of application
Exclusive Original Jurisdiction pursuant to Ptesidential Decree No. 603, otherwise known as the "Child and
1. Petitions for guardianship, custody of children, habeas corpus in Youth Welfare Code"
relation to the latter; 2. Violations of Republic Act No. 7610, otherwise known as the "Special
2. Petitions for adoption of children and the revocation thereof; Protection of Children Against Child Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination
3. Complaints for annulment of marriage, declaration of nullity of Act," as amended by Republic Act No. 7658; and
marriage and those relating to marital status and property relations of 3. Cases of domestic violence against:
husband and wife or those living together under different status and 1) Women - which are acts of gender based violence that results, or
agreements, and petitions for dissolution of conjugal partnership of are likely to result in physical, sexual or psychological harm or
gains; suffering to women; and other forms of physical abuse such as
4. Petitions for support and/or acknowledgment; battering or threats and coercion which violate a woman's
5. Summary judicial proceedings brought under the provisions of personhood, integrity and freedom movement; and
Executive Order No. 209, otherwise known as the "Family Code of the 2) Children - which include the commission of all forms of abuse,
Philippines"; neglect, cruelty, exploitation, violence, and discrimination and all other
6. Petitions for declaration of status of children as abandoned, conditions prejudicial to their development.
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;
7. Petitions for the constitution of the family home.

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1. Criminal cases where one or more of the accused is below eighteen (18)
years of age but not less than nine (9) years of age but not less than nine (9)
years of age or where one or more of the victims is a minor at the time of the
commission of the offense: Provided, That if the minor is found guilty, the court
shall promulgate sentence and ascertain any civil liability which the accused
may have incurred.
 SHARI’A DISTRICT COURTS a. Marriage;
b. Divorce recognized under this Code;
1. Original Jurisdiction:
a. All cases involving custody, guardianship, legitimacy, paternity and c. Betrothal or breach of contract to marry;
filiation arising under this Code;
d. Customary dower (mahr);
b. All cases involving disposition, distribution and settlement of the estate
of the deceased Muslims, probate of wills, issuance of administration e. Disposition and distribution of property upon divorce;
or appointment of administrators or executors regardless of the nature
f. Maintenance and support, and consolatory gifts, (mut'a); and
or the aggregate value of the property;
c. Petitions for the declaration of absence and death and for the g. Restitution of marital rights.
cancellation or correction of entries in the Muslim Registries
c. All cases involving disputes relative to communal properties.
mentioned in Title VI of Book Two of this Code;
d. All actions arising from customary contracts in which the parties are
Muslims, if they have not specified which law shall govern their
relations; and
e. All petitions for mandamus, prohibition, injunction, certiorari, habeas
corpus, and all other auxiliary writs and processes in aid of its
appellate jurisdiction.

2. Concurrent Original Jurisdiction with existing civil courts

a. Petitions by Muslims for the constitution of a family home, change of
name and commitment of an insane person to an asylum;
b. All other personal and real actions not mentioned in paragraph 1 (d)
wherein the parties involved are Muslims except those for forcible
entry and unlawful detainer, which shall fall under the exclusive
original jurisdiction of the Municipal Circuit Court; and
c. All special civil actions for interpleader or declaratory relief wherein the
parties are Muslims or the property involved belongs exclusively to
Muslims.

3. Appellate jurisdiction.
a. Shari'a District Courts shall have appellate jurisdiction over all cases
tried in the Shari'a Circuit Courts within their territorial jurisdiction.
b. The Shari'a District Court shall decide every case appealed to it on the
basis of the evide

SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURTS

1. Exclusive Original Jurisdiction:
a. All cases involving offenses defined and punished under this Code.
b. All civil actions and proceedings between parties who are Muslims or
have been married in accordance with Article 13 involving disputes
relating to: