On Friday, October 9, the Court issued an interim injunction suspending Article 154 of DNU 70/23 and restoring the limits of the Rural Lands Law (Infobae, Ámbito, La Nación): up to 15% of rural land in foreign hands and 1,000 hectares per holder in the most valuable areas. The case file returns to the Federal Court of San Carlos de Bariloche, which must examine legal standing and the injunction. Rosatti, Lorenzetti and substitute judges Barroetaveña and Pérez Curci signed; Rosenkrantz dissented in part. It reverses the effects of the September 29 ruling. The opposition considers it provisional and maintains its request for the October 15 session.
It defines who can buy farmland in Argentina and whether the opposition has arguments to force the session against DNU 70/23. It affects the government in Congress and a key sector of the economy.
If you buy or sell farmland, the cap on foreign ownership applies again, although the decision may change. It is advisable to consult a notary before closing a deal.
Those who defend the measure say it protects strategic natural resources and sovereignty.
Those who criticize it say the Court acted outside its competence and that the limit holds back investment in the countryside.
The ruling is a pause, not a settlement. Watch whether the Bariloche judge decides on the injunction, whether the opposition gets a quorum on the 15th, and whether the private property bill reinstates limits of its own. The Court bears a credibility cost for the change of position within ten days.
Infobae, Ámbito, La Nación, Perfil (Oct 9, 2026)
The Supreme Court suspended the article of DNU 70 that repealed the Land Law and restored the limits on the sale of farmland to foreigners
The injunction is interim and reverses the September 29 ruling. It relieves the government ahead of the opposition session on October 15, but the opposition says it could be overturned at any moment.
The Supreme Court issued an interim injunction on Friday, October 9, suspending Article 154 of DNU 70/23, the one that repealed the Rural Lands Law, according to Infobae, Ámbito and La Nación. As a result, the limits of Law 26,737 apply again: a maximum of 15% of rural land in foreign hands and a cap of 1,000 hectares per holder in the most valuable farming areas. The suspension remains in place until the competent judge, the Federal Court of San Carlos de Bariloche, rules on the plaintiffs’ legal standing and examines the request for an injunction. The measure reverses the effect of the September 29 ruling, in which the Court had dismissed the lawsuit for lack of legal standing and, in practice, removed the limits, according to La Nación.
Justices Horacio Rosatti and Ricardo Lorenzetti signed, together with substitute judges Barroetaveña and Pérez Curci. Carlos Rosenkrantz voted in partial dissent: he said the Court was not competent to issue an injunction that the lower courts had not considered. La Nación spoke of a ruling that “relieves the government” because it gives it arguments to defuse the session the opposition requested for October 15. The opposition maintains that the decision is provisional and that it will insist on repealing DNU 70/23 in Congress; the governing party says it does not have the votes and plans to set new limits with the Inviolability of Private Property bill, according to Infobae.