Dharmaratane Thero v. Siyadoris and Others – sllr 1985 volume 2 page 245

In the case between Plaintiff Dharmaratana Thero and Defendants Siyadoris and others, the court addressed whether a belated application to register a lis pendens over a larger land parcel complied with section 19(2)(a) and (b) of the Partition Law No. 21 of 1977. The proceedings stemmed from a partition action initiated in 1950 concerning land known as Udakumbura, with subsequent disputes about whether this formed part of a larger tract (Halgahakumbura/Halgahawela). The court held that the late application for registration of lis pendens—made at the time of trial and objected to by numerous parties—did not meet the procedural requirements mandated by law. This decision reaffirmed the principle that substantive procedural safeguards must be maintained in partition actions, relying on the st