Jurisdiction of courts in civil cases

Kind Supreme Court Court of Appeals Regional Trial Court Municipal Trial Court
( see RA 11756) (see RA 11756)
Exclusive  Certiorari, Actions for annulment of  Actions involving personal  Actions involving personal property Notes for RTC and
original prohibition or judgments of the RTC property depending on the depending on the value of the MTC
mandamus value of the property property
against Court of The CA may act as trial  Admiralty and maritime  Admiralty and maritime cases TOTALITY OF
Appeals, court in the following cases: cases depending on the depending on the amount of CLAIMS
COMELEC, COA,  Annulment of amount of demand or demand or claim
Court of Tax judgments claim  Probate proceedings, testate or Computation of
Appeals  When MNT is granted  Probate proceedings, intestate, depending on the gross value, claim,
 Disciplinary by the CA testate or intestate, value of the estate demand is
proceedings  A petition for habeas depending on the gross  Demand for money depending on EXCLUSIVE of
against members corpus shall be set value of the estate the amount interest, damages
of the Bar and for hearing  Demand for money of whatever kind,
court personnel  To resolve factual depending on the amount attorney’s fees,
issues in cases within STARTING AUG. 21, 2021 litigation
its original and STARTING AUG. 21, 2021 expenses, and
appellate jurisdiction If the gross value, claim, or demand costs, the amount
 In cases of new trial If the gross value, claim, or does not exceed Php2,000,000.00 of which must be
based on newly demand exceeds specifically
discovered evidence Php2,000,000.00 alleged but shall
 In cases involving be included in the
claims for damages RA 11576 determination of
RA 11576
arising from filing fees
provisional remedies “(1) Exclusive original jurisdiction
“(3) In all actions in over civil actions and probate
 In writ of amparo - Damages
admiralty and maritime proceedings, testate and intestate,
proceedings excluded
jurisdiction where the including the grant of provisional
 In writ of kalikasan only if
demand or claims exceeds remedies in proper cases, where the
proceedings claim for
Two million pesos value of the personal property,
 In writ of habeas damages
(P2,000,000.00); estate, or amount of the demand
data proceedings is
does not exceed Two million pesos
“(4) In all matters of incidental
(P2,000,000.00), exclusive of

probate, both estate and
intestate, where the gross
value of the estate exceeds
Two million pesos
(P2,000,000.00)’
“x x x
“(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 Two million pesos
(P2,000,000.00).”
BEFORE AUGUST 21
If the gross value, claim, or
demand exceeds
Php300,000 (outside MM) or
exceeds Php400,000 (within
to the
interest, damages of whatever kind, main
attorney’s fees, litigation expenses, action
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 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;
“x x x
“(4) Exclusive original jurisdiction in
admiralty and maritime actions where
the demand or claim does not exceed
Two million pesos (P2,000,000.00).”
BEFORE AUGUST 21
If the gross value, claim, or demand
does not exceed Php300,000 (outside
MM) or exceeds Php400,000 (within
MM)
 MM)  Actions involving title to or
possession of real property, or
any interest therein,
Actions involving title to or depending on the assessed
possession of real value
property, or any interest
therein, depending on the STARTING AUGUST 21
assessed value
If the assessed value or interest in
STARTING AUGUST 21 the real property does not exceed
Php 400,000.00
If the assessed value or
interest in the real property RA 11576
exceeds Php 400,000.00
“(3) Exclusive original jurisdiction in
RA 11576 all civil actions which involve title to,
or possession of, real property, or
any interest therein where the
“(2) In all civil actions which
assessed value of the property or any
involve the title to, or
interest therein does not exceed Four
possession of, real property,
hundred thousand pesos
or any interest therein,
(P400,000.00) exclusive on interest,
where the assessed value
damages of whatever kind, attorney’s
exceeds Four hundred
fees, litigation expenses and
thousand pesos
costs: Provided, That in cases of land
(P400,000.00), except for
not declared for taxation purposes,
forcible entry into and
the value of such property shall be
unlawful detainer of lands or
determined by the assessed value of
buildings, original
the adjacent lots.
jurisdiction over which is
conferred upon the
Metropolitan Trial Courts, BEFORE AUGUST 21
and Municipal Trial Courts in
Cities, Municipal Trial Courts, If the assessed value or interest in of
and Municipal Circuit Trial
Courts;
BEFORE AUGUST 21
If the assessed value or
interest in of the real
property exceeds P20,000
(outside MM) or exceeds
P50,000 (within MM)
the real property does not exceed
P20,000 (outside MM) or does not
exceed P50,000 (within MM)
 Inclusion and exclusion of voters
 Cases falling under the 1991
Revised Rule on Summary
Procedure- forcible entry and
unlawful detainer

 Actions which are  Other civil cases, except probate

incapable of pecuniary proceedings, where the total
estimation, except amount of the plaintiff’s claim
annulment of judgments does not exceed P100,00 or does
of the RTC which falls not exceed P100,000 in Metro
under the exclusive Manila (see RA 11576)
original jurisdiction of
the CA  Cases under RRPSC- see RA
 Cases not within the 11576
exclusive jurisdiction of
any court, tribunal,
person or body
exercising quasi-judicial
functions (general
jurisdiction)
 Under Section 5.2 of the
Securities and
Regulation Code:
- Cases involving
devices or schemes
employed by or any
of the board of
 directors, business
associates, its
officers or
partnership,
amounting to fraud
and
misrepresentation
- Intra-corporate
controversies
- Controversies in the
elections or
appointments of
directors, trustees,
officers, or manages
of corporations,
partnerships or
associations; and
- Petitions of
corporations,
partnerships, or
associations to be
declared in the state
of suspension of
payments
Concurrent With the RTC With the SC

Observe  Cases affecting  Cases affecting

hierarchy of ambassadors, ambassadors, other
courts other public public ministers, and
ministers, and consuls
consuls

With the Court of With the SC

Appeals
  CPM against
 CPM against RTC, CSC, Central Board
RTC, CSC, Central of Assessment Appeals,
Board of Assessment NLRC, Other quasi
Appeals, NLRC, Other judicial agencies
quasi-judicial Petitions for a writ of
agencies kalikasan
 Petitions for a writ
of kalikasan
With the RTC and CA With the RTC and SC With the SC and CA
 Petitions for writ  Petitions for writ of  Petitions for writ of
of habeas corpus habeas corpus habeas corpus
 Petitions for quo  Petitions for quo  Petitions for quo warranto
warranto warranto  CPM against inferior
 CPM against  CPM against inferior courts and other bodies
inferior courts and courts and other bodies Petitions for continuing
other bodies  Petitions for continuing mandamus
 Petitions for mandamus
continuing
mandamus
With the RTC, CA, With the RTC, SC, and With the CA, SC, and
Sandiganbayan Sandiganbayan Sandiganbayan
 Petitions for a  Petitions for a writ of  Petitions for a writ of
writ of amparo amparo amparo
 Petitions for a  Petitions for a writ of  Petitions for a writ of
writ of habeas habeas data habeas data
data
With the Insurance
Commissioner
Single claim not exceeding
P5,000,000.00

Appellate Petition for review on By way of ordinary appeal All cases decided by the
certiorari (appeal by from the RTC and the MTCs in their respective
 certiorari under Rule Family Courts territorial jurisdiction except
45) against By way of Petition for decisions of lower courts in
CA, Sandiganbayan, Review from the RTC the exercise of delegated
RTC on pure rendered in the exercise jurisdiction
questions of law, of its appellate
cases involving the jurisdiction;
constitutionality or By way of Petition for
validity of a treaty, Review from the
international decisions, resolutions,
agreement, or orders or awards of the
executive agreement, CSC; Office of the
law, presidential Ombudsman in
decree, proclamation, administrative disciplinary
order, instruction, cases; and other bodies
ordinance, or mentioned in Rule 43
regulation, legality of By way of ordinary appeal
a tax, impost, over decisions of the
assessment, toll or MTCs in cadastral or land
penalty, jurisdiction registration cases
of a lower court, and pursuant to its delegated
Court of Tax Appeals jurisdiction
Special The SC may designate Petition for writ of habeas corpus or
certain branches of the RTC application for bail in criminal cases
to handle exclusively in the absence of all RTC judges in
criminal cases, juvenile and the province or city
domestic relations cases,
agrarian cases, urban land
reform cases not falling
under the jurisdiction of any
quasi-judicial bodies and
agencies, and such other
special cases as the SC may
determine in the interest of
speedy and efficient
administration of justice
Delegated May be assigned by the SC to hear
cadastral or land registration cases
where:

- There is no controversy or
opposition
- In case of contested lands, the
value does not exceed P100,000