Jurisdiction of the Regional Trial Courts
(a) Matters incapable of pecuniary estimation, such as rescission of contract
(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 Metro Manila or exceeds P400,000 in Metro Manila
(d) Admiralty or maritime cases where the demand or claim exceeds P300,000 outside Metro Manila or exceeds P400,000 in Metro Manila
(e) Other actions involving property valued at more than P300,000 outside Metro Manila or more than P400,000 in Metro Manila
(f) Criminal cases not within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Sandiganbayan
[2] Original exclusive jurisdiction over cases not falling within the jurisdiction of any court, tribunal, person or body exercising judicial or quasi-judicial functions
[3] Original and exclusive jurisdiction to hear and decide intra-corporate controversies:
(a) 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
(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
(c) Controversies in the election or appointments of directors, trustees, officers or managers of such corporations, partnerships or associations
(d) 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.[4] Concurrent and original jurisdiction
(a) with the Supreme Court in actions affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls
(b) with the SC and CA in petitions for certiorari, prohibition and mandamus against lower courts and bodies in petitions for quo warranto, habeas corpus, and writ of continuing mandamus on environmental cases
(c) with the SC, CA and Sandigabayan in petitions for writs of habeas data and amparo
[5] Appellate jurisdiction over cases decided by lower courts in their respective territorial jurisdictions
[6] Special jurisdiction over Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts, agrarian and urban land reform cases not within the exclusive jurisdiction of quasi-judicial agencies when so designated by the SC.
