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2013-09-04 |
SERENO, C.J. |
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| The jurisdiction of a court or tribunal over the nature and subject matter of an action is conferred by law.[30] The court or tribunal must look at the material allegations in the complaint, the issues or questions that are the subject of the controversy, and the character of the relief prayed for in order to determine whether the nature and subject matter of the complaint is within its jurisdiction.[31] If the issues between the parties are intertwined with the resolution of an issue within the exclusive jurisdiction of a court or tribunal, the dispute must be addressed and resolved by the said court or tribunal.[32] | |||||
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2012-03-07 |
PERALTA, J. |
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| We need not belabor this point, inasmuch as jurisdiction is vested by law and is determined by the material allegations in the complaint.[48] Indeed, when a court, tribunal or officer has jurisdiction over the person and the subject matter of the dispute, the decision on all other questions arising in the case is an exercise of that jurisdiction and, hence, all errors committed in the exercise of said jurisdiction are merely errors of judgment. Under prevailing procedural rules and jurisprudence, errors of judgment are not proper subjects of a special civil action for certiorari.[49] | |||||