Somasiri v. Faleela And Others – SLR – sllr 2005 volume 2 page 121

In SOMASIRI vs. FALEELA AND OTHERS, an application in revision was brought by the 8th Defendant Petitioner challenging the District Court of Galle’s judgment relating to the partition of land, the validity of title investigations, and the allotment of shares based on deeds 8V1 and 8V2. Central legal issues included the trial judge’s duty under Section 25(1) of the Partition Law No. 21 of 1977 to personally investigate title, the incorporation of lands described in the said deeds into the corpus, and the appropriate allocation of buildings and land. The court held that the trial judge failed to conduct a personal examination of the title, resulting in improper exclusion of land and buildings, and the subsequent erroneous allocation of shares. Relying on statutory interpretation and preceden