QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 7902)
RA 7902 amends Section 9 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 (Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980).
Exclusive original jurisdiction over actions for annulment of judgments of Regional Trial Courts.
Exclusive appellate jurisdiction over all final judgments, decisions, resolutions, orders, or awards of Regional Trial Courts and quasi-judicial agencies, instrumentalities, boards, or commissions.
Examples include the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Commission (SSC), Employees Compensation Commission (ECC), and Civil Service Commission (CSC).
Those within the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court per the Constitution, those governed by the Labor Code under Presidential Decree No. 442 (as amended), those falling within the provisions of the Act, and the exceptions stated in the cited parts of Section 17 of the Judiciary Act of 1948.
Cases falling within the CA’s original and appellate jurisdiction where factual issues are raised, including factual issues requiring the CA to take evidence and perform acts to resolve them.
Yes. Section 9 provides that the CA may grant and conduct new trials or further proceedings to resolve factual issues.
Trials or hearings must be continuous and completed within three (3) months, unless extended by the Chief Justice.
All provisions of laws and rules inconsistent with RA 7902 are repealed or amended accordingly.
After fifteen (15) days following its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
It highlights that even if the CA has exclusive appellate jurisdiction in general, the Constitution may reserve certain matters to the Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction.
It broadens appellate coverage to final issuances of RTCs and quasi-judicial bodies, not limited to judgments alone, so long as the issuance is final.
The Court of Appeals has exclusive original jurisdiction over such actions.