Group 7 4LM3

Escorpiso, Charmaine D.V.

Cajigal, Alyza Anne
De Villa, Sharlaine
See, Nicole Sheena
Sola, Jerome
Tan, David

I. Regional Trial Court
Section 19. Jurisdiction in civil cases. Regional Trial Court 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 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 Metropolitan
Trial Courts, Municipal Trial Courts, and Municipal Circuit Trial
Courts;
(3) In all actions in admiralty and maritime jurisdiction where he
demand or claim exceeds One hundred thousand pesos
(P100,000.00) or , in Metro Manila, where such demand or
claim exceeds Two hundred thousand pesos (200,000.00);
(4) In all matters of probate, both testate and intestate, where the
gross value of the estate exceeds One hundred thousand pesos
(P100,000.00) or, in probate matters in Metro Manila, where
such gross value exceeds Two hundred thousand pesos
(200,000.00);
(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 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
One hundred thousand pesos (100,000.00) or, in such other
abovementioned items exceeds Two hundred thousand pesos
(200,000.00). (as amended by R.A. No. 7691*)
Section 20. Jurisdiction in criminal cases. Regional Trial Courts shall
exercise exclusive original jurisdiction in all criminal cases not within
the exclusive jurisdiction of any court, tribunal or body, except those
now falling under the exclusive and concurrent jurisdiction of the
Sandiganbayan which shall hereafter be exclusively taken cognizance
of by the latter.

II. Metropolitan Trial Court, Municipal Trial Court and Municipal Circuit
Trial Courts
Section 32. Jurisdiction of Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Trial
Courts and Municipal Circuit Trial Courts in criminal cases. Except in
cases falling within the exclusive original jurisdiction of Regional Trial
Courts and of the Sandiganbayan, the Metropolitan Trial Courts,
Municipal Trial Courts, and Municipal Circuit Trial Courts shall
exercise:\
(1) Exclusive original jurisdiction over all violations of city or
municipal ordinances committed in their respective jurisdiction;
and
(2) Exclusive original jurisdiction over all 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 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. (as amended
by R.A, No. 7691)
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 One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00) or, in
Metro Manila where such personal property, estate, or amount
of the demand does not exceed Two hundred thousand pesos
(P200,000.00) exclusive of interest damages of whatever kind,
attorney's fees, litigation expenses, and costs, the amount of
which must be specifically alleged: Provided, That where there
are several claims or causes of action 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) Exclusive original jurisdiction over cases of forcible entry and
unlawful 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) (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)
III. Sharia Court
Section 45. Shari'a Courts. Shari'a Courts to be constituted as
provided for in Presidential Decree No. 1083, otherwise known as the
"Code of Muslim Personal Laws of the Philippines," shall be included in
the funding appropriations so provided in this Act.
Under the Book Four, Adjudication and Settlement of Disputes and
Rendition of Legal Opinions, of the Presidential Decree No. 1083,
Code of Muslim Personal Laws of the Philippines:
Article 143. Original jurisdiction.
(1) The Shari'a District Court shall have exclusive original
jurisdiction
over:
(a) All cases involving custody, guardianship, legitimacy,
paternity and filiation arising under this Code;
(c) Petitions for the declaration of absence and death and
for the cancellation or correction of entries in the Muslim
Registries 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) Concurrently with existing civil courts, the Shari'a District Court
shall have original jurisdiction over:

(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.

IV. Supreme Court

Under the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines, Article VII Judicial
Department

Section 5. The Supreme Court shall have the following powers:

1) Exercise original jurisdiction over cases affecting ambassadors, other
public
ministers and consuls, and over petitions for certiorari, prohibition,
mandamus, quo warranto, and habeas corpus.
(2) Review, revise, reverse, modify, or affirm on appeal or certiorari, as the
law
or the Rules of Court may provide, final judgments and orders 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.
(3) Assign temporarily judges of lower courts to other stations as public
interest
may require. Such temporary assignment shall not exceed six months
without the consent of the judge concerned.
(4) Order a change of venue or place of trial to avoid a miscarriage of justice.

(5) Promulgate rules concerning the protection and enforcement of
constitutional rights, pleading, practice, and procedure in all courts, the
admission to the practice of law, the integrated bar, and legal assistance
to the under-privileged. Such rules shall provide a simplified and
inexpensive procedure for the speedy disposition of cases, shall be
uniform for all courts of the same grade, and shall not diminish, increase,
or modify substantive rights. Rules of procedure of special courts and
quasi-judicial bodies shall remain effective unless disapproved by the
Supreme Court.
(6) Appoint all officials and employees of the Judiciary in accordance with the
Civil Service Law.