Gamini vs Chandra and Others – sllr 2005 volume 2 page 072

In the case between Gamini (appellant) and Chandra and Others (respondents), the court addressed whether an order refusing to set aside a decree entered under summary procedure on liquid claims constitutes a final or interlocutory order. It was determined that the order is final, and consequently, a final appeal—rather than leave to appeal—constitutes the proper remedy. This outcome reaffirmed the principle that the finality of an order must be ascertained by whether the action is conclusively disposed of by the decree, with reference to Section 704(1) of the Civil Procedure Code. The decision relied on precedents such as Ranjith vs Kusumawathie and Air Lanka vs Siriwardena, emphasizing that matters concluded by a summary procedure decree are conclusively disposed, limiting any further act