Irr - Ra 7942
Irr - Ra 7942
Irr - Ra 7942
Far
East Bank and Trust
Company
G.R. No. 141818
June 22, 2006
Facts
Far East Bank and Trust Company Far East Bank and Trust Company
Complaint
Complaint
Home Bankers Trust and Company Home Bankers Trust and Company
and its president and depositors
Regional Trial Court (Makati)
Arbitration Committee
Civil Case No. 92-145
Whether or not the Regional Trial Court has jurisdiction over the petition for
review filed by Insular Savings bank?
NO
Ruling
Proper recourse of Insular Saving Bank from the denial of its motion for
reconsideration by the Arbitration Committee is to file either:
1. A motion to vacate the arbitral award with the RTC;
2. A petition for review with the Court of Appeals under Rule 43 of the Rules of Court; or
3. A petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court.
In the case at bar, Insular Savings Bank filed a petition for review with the RTC when
the same should have been filed with the Court of Appeals under Rule 43 of the
Rules of Court.
The RTC is correct in dismissing the petition for review for lack of jurisdiction but not
on the ground that petitioner should have filed a separate case but on the necessity
of the filing the correct petition in the proper court
Court of Appeals retains jurisdiction in petitions for review or in petitions for
certiorari.
Therefore, the RTC has no jurisdiction over the petition for review filed by
Insular Savings Bank.