Appealability of Procedural Termination Orders in Higher Courts

The case concerned the appealability of decisions by the higher court that immediately terminate proceedings before it, specifically concerning dismissal orders or discontinuance rulings. The court reasoned that such procedural termination decisions, which conclude the case at the appellate level without a substantive judgment on the merits, qualify as "judgments" as defined under the relevant civil procedure statute ($\text{Section } 265 \text{ Paragraph } 1 \text{ ZPO}$), and are therefore subject to review via cassation proceedings before the full panel of the higher court.