Stella Perera v Silva – sllr 2004 volume 3 page 233

In the case between Dewadura Margret Silva (the wife) and Lewisdura Jeramias Solomon (the husband), along with secondary defendants Lewisdura Maureen Stella Perera and Mirihana Aratchige Nihal Pedrick Perera, the court addressed the revocation of a gift of the matrimonial home on the ground of ingratitude, the status of marital occupation rights independent of property ownership, the admissibility of evidence, and the effect of prescription on such revocation claims. The holding established that evidence of misconduct on the part of the wife justified the revocation of the gift. It was reaffirmed that marital cohabitation rights are distinct from property rights, prescription does not commence until complete marital estrangement, and that modern evidentiary practice accepts all admissible