Wickremasuriya v. Dedoleena and Others (Substituted) – sllr 1996 volume 2 page 095

In WICKREMASURIYA (Plaintiff) v. DEDOLEENA AND OTHERS (Defendant), the court addressed the application of the Agrarian Services Act concerning the eviction of an ande cultivator and the evaluative principles for testimonial evidence in agrarian disputes. It was held that the Assistant Commissioner’s findings on credibility and fact-finding were proper and tenable, and the appeal against eviction was accordingly dismissed. The decision reaffirmed the principle that minor inconsistencies in witness testimony do not undermine the core credibility if the principal facts are substantiated by reliable evidence. Emphasis was placed on the use of the Test of Credibility, Means of Knowledge, Probability/Improbability, Consistency/Inconsistency, and that corroborated oral evidence may suffice where