Civil Matters In civil cases, an appe-al lies to the Supreme Court from any judgement of a high court if the high court certifies— (i) that the case involves a substantial question of law of general importance; and (ii) that the question needs to be decided by the Supreme Court. Originally, only those civil cases that involved a sum of 20,000 could be appealed before the Supreme Court. But this monetary limit was removed by the 30th Constitutional Amendment Act of 1972.