Justice

Justice or Associate Justices (AJ) is a member of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

The Supreme Court shall be composed of a Chief Justice and fourteen Associate Justices. It may sit en banc or, in its discretion, in divisions of three, five, or seven members. (Art. VIII, §4) Its members shall be appointed by the President from a list of at least three nominees prepared by the Judicial and Bar Council for every vacancy, without need of confirmation by the Commission on Appointments. (Art. VIII, §9) Members of the Supreme Court are required to have proven competence, integrity, probity and independence; they must be natural-born citizens of the Philippines, at least forty years old, with at least fifteen years of experience as a judge of a lower court or law practice in the country. (Art. VIII, §7) Justices shall hold office during good behavior until they reach the age of seventy years, or become incapacitated to discharge the duties of office. (Art. VIII, §11)

Chief Justice

 * 1) List of Chief Justices
 * 2) Diosdado Peralta
 * 3) Lucas Bersamin
 * 4) Teresita Leonardo-De Castro
 * 5) Maria Lourdes Sereno

Current Justices

 * 1) List of Justices
 * 2) Estela Perlas-Bernabe
 * 3) Marvic Leonen
 * 4) Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa
 * 5) Andres Reyes Jr.
 * 6) Alexander Gesmudo
 * 7) Jose Reyes Jr.
 * 8) Ramon Paul Hernando
 * 9) Rosmari Carandang
 * 10) Amy Lazaro Javier
 * 11) Henri Jean Paul Inting
 * 12) Rodil Zalameda
 * 13) vacant
 * 14) vacant
 * 15) vacant

List of Previous Justices
List of Previous Justices

Members
THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT Administrative Officers
 * List of Chief Justices of the Philippines
 * http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/aboutsc/justices/
 * List of Senior Associate Justice
 * List of Associate Justices

Clerk of Court En Banc Atty. Edgar O. Aricheta

Deputy Clerk of Court En Banc Atty. Anna-Li R. Papa-Gombio

First Division Clerk of Court Atty. Librada C. Buena

Second Division Clerk of Court Atty. Ma. Lourdes C. Perfecto

Third Division Clerk of Court Atty. Wilfredo V. Lapitan

Office of Administrative Services Atty. Ma. Carina M. Cunanan, Chief

Fiscal Management and Budget Office Atty. Corazon G. Ferrer-Flores, Chief

Chief Attorney Atty. Tomas W. Reyes Jr., Chief

Office of the Reporter Atty. Edna B. Camba, Chief

Management Information Systems Office (MISO) Mr. Joselito N. Enriquez, Officer-in-Charge

Bar Confidant Atty. Ma. Cristina B. Layusa, Chief

Judicial Records Office Atty. Basilia T. Ringol, Chief

Library Services Atty. Joyce Jazmin G. Dimaisip-Cunanan, Acting SC Senior Chief Staff Officer

Public Information Office (@SCPh_PIO) Atty. Brian Keith Hosaka, Chief

Judicial Power and Jurisdiction Supreme Court and in such lower courts as may be provided by law. This power includes the duty to settle actual controversies involving rights that are legally demandable and enforceable and to determine if any branch or instrumentality of government has acted with grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack of excess of jurisdiction. exercises original jurisdiction (cases are directly filed with the SC in the first instance without passing through any of the lower courts) over cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and over petitions for certiorari, prohibition, mandamus, quo warranto, and habeas corpus. (Art. VIII, §5(1)). It also has original jurisdiction over writs of amparo, habeas data and the environmental writ of kalikasan. It exercises appellate jurisdiction to review, revise, reverse, modify, or affirm final judgments, and orders of the lower courts in: treaty, international or executive agreement, law, presidential decree, proclamation, order, instruction, ordinance, or regulation is in question. court personnel. (Article VIII, §6) It exercises this power through the Office of the Court Administrator. Rule-making Powers 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 underprivileged. Any 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. (Art. VIII, §54(5))
 * Under Article VIII, §1, the judicial power shall be vested in one
 * The Supreme Court has both original and appellate jurisdiction. It
 * (a) All cases in which the constitutionality or validity of any
 * (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. (Art. VIII, §5(1), (2))
 * The Supreme Court has administrative supervision over all courts and
 * The Supreme Court has the exclusive power to promulgate rules