Wijesundara v. Wijesundara – sllr 2003 volume 1 page 374

The case between Dr. Rohan Lalith Wijesundara (Plaintiff) and Saumya Dilrukshi Wijesundara (née Karunaratna) (Defendant) addressed whether the omission in the plaint of an explicit statement that the action is filed through an attorney or recognized agent constitutes a fatal defect, and whether the defendant’s application to amend her answer to raise this issue should be permitted under the Civil Procedure Code. The court held that the absence of a specific statement indicating attorney filing is not a statutory requirement and does not amount to a fatal defect, reaffirming the principle that proper compliance with section 25(b) of the Civil Procedure Code—filing a Power of Attorney—is sufficient to confer notice of attorney representation. This decision relied on a textual interpretation