Jayatilleke v. Chandralatha – sllr 1993 volume 1 page 213

In JAYATILLEKE v. CHANDRALATHA, the court addressed the question of whether an application for enhanced maintenance under the Maintenance Ordinance could be sustained on the basis of changed circumstances subsequent to the original maintenance order under Section 2. The judgment established that an inquiry under Section 10 must be confined to determining if a material change in circumstances justifies an enhancement, rather than reopening the entirety of matters previously considered under Section 2. This approach reaffirmed the principle that post-order enhancement applications must rest on proof of altered circumstances and the payer’s ability, relying on provisions of the Maintenance Ordinance and relevant precedent. The outcome affirmed the Magistrate’s order granting enhanced maintena