
Q2_LESSON 1: PHILIPPINE JUDICIARY
Quiz by DARYL FAUSTINO
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Which of the following are true about the Supreme Court of the Philippines;Â
I. One of the scopes of the Judicial Power is to interpret the law and make them binding judgments.
II. Constitutionality of laws can be subject for judicial review.
III. The Supreme Court can create and pass resolutions or laws after the issuance of the TRO to suspend implementation of the latter due to unconstitutionality.
IV. The Supreme Court is the highest court of the land and regarded as the final decision maker.

The scope of judicial power which is intended to settle actual controversies involving rights and to determine whether there has been a grave abuse of discretion to lack or excess of jurisdiction.Â

When the Supreme Court of the Philippines after granting a petition interprets a law and made binding judgments including its constitutionality, the court is practicing what kind of judicial power? Â

Which of the following is not true about the Supreme Court of the Philippines?

CLASSES OF COURTS

STATUTORY COURTS

Which of the following process cannot be acted by the Supreme Court?

This special court was established to decide on criminal and civil cases against government officials and employees who have been involved in crimes/ violations against Republic Act no. 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and other similar cases.

The following are quasi-judicial agencies except for;
A special civil action requesting a lower court or body to transmit records to the superior court for the purpose of review.Â

A writ by which the superior court prohibits the lower courts or body to stop further proceedings.Â

An order made by a superior court to a lower court to perform a certain act which is bound to do so.Â

An action made by the government to recover an office or franchise from an individual for unlawfully holding it.Â

All cases involving the constitutionality of a treaty, international or executive agreement, or law, which shall be heard by the Supreme Court en banc, and all other cases which under the Rules of Court are required to be heard en banc, including those involving the constitutionality, application, or operation of presidential decrees, proclamations, orders, instructions, ordinances, and other regulations, shall be decided with the concurrence of a majority of the Members who actually took part in the deliberations on the issues in the case and voted thereon.

The Supreme Court appoints all its officials and employees with the rules and regulations exclusive for the Philippine Judiciary.Â

The Supreme Court can make an order to change of venue or place of trial to avoid a miscarriage of justice.

The following are true about the appointment of the members of the Supreme Court or any lower collegiate courts except;

The Members of the Supreme Court and of other courts established by law shall not be designated to any agency performing quasi-judicial or administrative functions.

The Members of the Supreme Court and judges of the lower courts shall be appointed by the President from a list of at least five nominees prepared by the Judicial and Bar Council for every vacancy. Such appointments need no confirmation.

The Supreme Court shall be composed of a Chief Justice and fourteen Associate Justices. It may sit en banc or in its discretion, in division of three, five, seven or nine members. Any vacancy shall be filled within ninety days from the occurrence thereof.

No decision shall be rendered by any court without expressing therein clearly and distinctly the facts and the law on which it is based.

No petition for review or motion for reconsideration of a decision of the court shall be refused due course or denied without stating the legal basis therefor.

This court is of limited jurisdiction. It was created under Presidential Decree No. 1083. Cases falling within the exclusive jurisdiction of this court primarily pertain to family rights and duties as well as contractual relations of Filipino Muslims in the Mindanao.

The court is vested with the power to review all final judgments, decisions, resolutions, orders or awards of Regional Trial Courts and quasi-judicial agencies, instrumentalities, boards or commissions, except those falling within the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.Â
Through Republic Act No. 1125 (June 16, 1954) a special Court was mandated to address the adjudication of appeals involving internal revenue tax and customs cases of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and the Commissioner of Customs, respectively. Which of the following courts refer to the description?