TlKlRA v THILAKARATNE – sllr 2004 volume 3 page 338

In the case between the brother of Bilinda (plaintiff-appellant) and the legal representative of the deceased Anulawathie (defendant-respondent), the court addressed the issue of whether property acquired by purchase or inheritance under the Kandyan Law Declaration and Amendment Ordinance is to be classified as “acquired property” or “paraveni property,” especially in the context of intestate succession where the deceased is issueless. It was held that shares in property obtained by inheritance before and after the 1939 Amendment must be properly classified under the ordinance. The court reaffirmed the principle that interpretation of succession under Kandyan law hinges upon both the source and the timing of acquisition in relation to statutory changes. Relevant statutes and precedents, in