Buenos Aires, December 23 (NA) – The Supreme Court of Justice of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ruled that the amount that determines the appealability in civil cases must be set according to the value in force at the time of the filing of the claim. According to what Noticias Argentinas agency could learn, the TSJ revoked a decision by the Chamber and leaned towards the interpretation of article 242 of the National Civil and Commercial Procedural Code, which states that the unappealability by amount must be analyzed according to the values in force at the beginning of the process. The decision was adopted unanimously in the file "TSJ 29766/2025 – Gatto Lorena Graciela s/complaint for denial of unconstitutionality appeal (civil) in Gatto Lorena Graciela c/Gillone Antonio Rafael and others s/damages and injuries (traffic accident) without injuries (file No. 11879/2012)". In certain civil cases, when the claimed amount does not reach the threshold set by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (CSJN), judgments cannot be appealed. This criterion is known as unappealability by amount. The TSJ set aside the Chamber's criterion, which considered as reference the amount at the time of the first instance judgment, and ruled that the value established by the Supreme Court at the time of the claim must be applied. Currently, there are about twenty cases with the same legal controversy pending before the Buenos Aires Supreme Court of Justice. The CSJN establishes through updated agreements the amounts that determine the appealability of civil judgments, and carries out periodic reviews of these values.
