JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT IN CIVIL CASES

Cases Legal Basis

EXCUSIVE ORIGINAL
I. Petitions for certiorari, prohibition or mandamus against the:
1. Court of Appeals Sec. 17, Judiciary Act of 1948
2. Commission on Elections Sec. 7, Art. IX, Consti
3. Commission on Audit Sec. 7, Art. IX, Consti
4. Sandiganbayan PD 1606, as amended
5. Court of Tax Appeals RA 9282
II. Disciplinary proceedings against members of the Bar and Sec. 6, Art. VIII, Consti.; Rule 56, ROC
court personnel
CONCURRENT*
I. With the RTC:
1. Cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and Sec. 21 (2), BP 129; Sec. 5(1), Art. VIII,
consuls Consti
II. With the CA
1. Petitions for certiorari, prohibition or mandamus against
the
a. RTC Sec. 21(1), BP 129
b. Civil Service Commission RA 7902
c. Central Board of Assessment Appeals PD 464; BP 129; RA 7902
d. National Labor Relations Commission St. Martin Funeral Homes vs. NLRC
e. Other quasi-judicial agencies BP 129; RA 7902, Heirs of Hinog vs. Melicor
2. Petitions for a Writ of Kalikasan AM 09-6-8-SC, Sec. 3, Rule 7
III. With the RTC and CA
1. Petitions for Habeas Corpus BP 129; Sec. 9(1), 21(1); Sec. 5(1), Art. VIII,
2. Petitions for Quo Warranto Consti
3. Petitions for certiorari, prohibition or mandamus against
inferior courts and other bodies
IV. With the RTC, CA and Sandiganbayan
1. Petitions for a Writ of Amparo Sec. 3, AM 07-9-12-SC
2. Petitions for a Writ of Habeas Data Sec. 3. AM 8-1-16-SC
APPELLATE
I. By way of petition for review on certiorari (Rule 45), against
the:
1. Court of Appeals
2. Sandiganbayan
3. RTC on pure questions of law
4. In cases involving the:
a. Constitutionality or validity of a treaty, international
agreement or executive agreement, law, presidential
decree, proclamation, order, instruction, ordinance or Sec. 5, Art. VIII, Consti
regulation
b. Legality of a tax, impost, assessment, toll or penalty
c. Jurisdiction of a lower court
5. Court of Tax Appeals en banc Sec. 19, RA 9282
*While the Rules provide for concurrent jurisdiction among the RTC, CA and SC, the same is still subject to the doctrine of Hierarchy of
Courts.
 JURISDICTION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS IN CIVIL CASES
Cases Legal Basis
EXCUSIVE ORIGINAL
I. Actions for annulment of judgments of the RTC Sec. 9 (2), BP 129
CONCURRENT (See concurrent jurisdictions in the SC jurisdiction table)
APPELLATE
I. By way of Ordinary Appeal from the RTC and the Family Courts (Rule 122)
II. By way of Petition for Review from the RTC rendered in the exercise of its
appellate jurisdiction (Rule 42)
III. By way of Petition for Review from the decisions, resolutions, orders or
awards of the:
1. Civil Service Commission
2. Office of the Ombudsman in administrative disciplinary
3. Other bodies mentioned in Rule 43
IV. Exclusive appellate jurisdiction by way of ordinary appeal over decisions of Sec. 34, BP 129, as
the MTCs in cadastral or land registration cases pursuant to its delegated amended by RA 7691
jurisdiction
 JURISDICTION OF THE RTC AND MTC IN CIVIL CASES
RTC MTC
EXCUSIVE ORIGINAL
I. Actions involving personal property depending on the value of the property
II. Admiralty and maritime cases depending on the amount of demand or claim
III. Probate proceedings (testate or intestate) depending on the gross value of the estate
IV. Demand for money depending on the amount
If the gross value, claim, or demand exceeds If the gross value, claim, or demand does not exceed Ph300,000
Ph300,000 (outside Metro Manila), or exceeds (outside Metro Manila), or does not exceed Ph400,000 (Metro
Ph400,000 (Metro Manila) Manila)
V. Actions involving title to or possession of real property, or any interest therein depending on the
assessed value.
If the assessed value or interest in of the real If the assessed value or interest in of the real property does
property exceeds Ph20,000 (outside Metro not exceed Ph20,000 (outside Metro Manila), or does not
Manila), or exceeds Ph50,000 (Metro Manila) exceed Ph50,000 (Metro Manila)
VI. Actions the subject matter of which is VI. Inclusion and exclusion of voters (Sec. 138, BP 881)
incapable of pecuniary estimation.
VII. Cases not within the exclusive jurisdiction VII. Cases falling under the 1191 Rule on Summary
of any court, tribunal, person or body Procedure
exercising judicial or quasi-judicial functions a. Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer – irrespective of
the amount of damages or unpaid rentals sought to
be recovered (Note: where attorney’s fees are
awarded, the same shall not exceed Ph20,000)
b. Other civil cases, except probate proceedings, where
the total amount of the plaintiff’s claim does not
exceed Ph100,000 or does not exceed Ph200,000 in
MM, exclusive of interests and costs (as amended by
AM No. 02-1109-SC, effective Nov. 25, 2002)
VIII. Under Sec. 5.2 of the Securities and VIII. Cases falling under the 2016 Revised Rules of
Regulations Code, to hear and decide: Procedure for Small Claims Cases (applicable in all
a. Cases involving Devices or schemes actions that are purely civil in nature where the claim or
employed by or any acts, of the board of relief prayed for by the plaintiff is solely for payment or
directors, business associates, its officers reimbursement of sum of money).
or partnership, amounting to fraud and
misrepresentation The claim or demand may be:
b. Controversies arising out of Intra- a. For money owed under the following:
corporate or partnership relations i. Contract of Lease
c. Controversies in the elections or ii. Contract of Loan
appointments of directors, trustees, iii. Contract of Services
officers or managers of corporations, iv. Contract of Sale
partnerships or associations v. Contract of Mortgage
d. Petitions or corporations, partnerships or b. For liquidated damages arising from contracts
associations to be declared in a state of c. The enforcement of a barangay amicable settlement
suspension of payments or an arbitration award involving a money claim
covered by this Rule pursuant to Sec. 417 of RA 7160
(AM No. 08-8-7-SC, effective February 1, 2016)
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CONCURRENT
I. With the Insurance Commissioner
1. Single Claim not exceeding Ph5,000,000 (Insurance N/A
Code, as amended by Sec. 439, RA 10607)
II. With the SC, CA and Sandiganbayan (See concurrent
jurisdictions in the SC jurisdiction table)
APPELLATE
I. All cases decided by the MTCs in their respective
territorial jurisdiction except decisions of lower courts in N/A
the exercise of delegated jurisdiction.
SPECIAL
The SC may designate certain branches of RTC to handle Petition for Habeas Corpus or application for
exclusively criminal cases, juvenile and domestic relations bail in criminal cases in the absence of all
cases, agrarian cases, urban land reform cases not falling RTC judges in the province or city. (Sec. 35,
under the jurisdiction of any quasi-judicial bodies and BP 129)
agencies, and/or such other special cases as the SC may
determine in the interest of speedy and efficient
administration of justice (BP 129, as amended, Sec. 23)
DELEGATED
May be assigned by the SC to hear cadastral
or land registration cases where:
N/A a. There is no controversy or opposition
over the land; or
b. In case of contested lands, the value
does not exceed Ph100,000