1. Subject Matter Jurisdiction

The new system to provide for a solid first instance of administrative litigation, effective since August 15, 2023, adjusted the organizational structure of administrative courts and the division of labor between instances. District Administrative Litigation Panels and High Administrative Litigation Panels are established separately in High Administrative Courts. According to Article 3-1 of the Administrative Litigation Act and its Reasons for Amendment, District Administrative Litigation Panels correspond to the instance of district administrative courts, and High Administrative Litigation Panels correspond to the instance of high administrative courts. This Court, the final instance for all administrative litigation of this country, has jurisdiction over the following matters:

(1) Appeals made against the first-instance judgments or rulings rendered by a High Administrative Court.

(2) Appeals made against the judgments or rulings rendered by the Intellectual Property and Commercial Court.

(3) Appeal or interlocutory appeal cases heard initially by the High Administrative Courts but later transferred to the docket of Supreme Administrative Court on the ground that the former deems the transfer of jurisdiction is necessary to ensure consistent judgments and rulings.

(4) Other cases that, by statute, should be adjudicated by this Court

In addition, in order to play the role of the instance of legal review in making uniform the legal opinions held by individual justices, the Organic Law of Administrative Courts stipulates that this Court set up a Grand Panel as the procedural mechanism to make uniform, within the judicial competence, the legal opinions held by individual justices.

2.Territorial Jurisdiction

The territorial jurisdiction of first-instance High Administrative Courts is indicated in the chart below. The territorial jurisdiction of this Court extends to all the areas under the jurisdiction of various High Administrative Courts and the Intellectual Property and Commercial Court.