Puwalawathie Perera vs Somaratne and Another – sllr 2004 volume 1 page 119

In the case between PUWALAWATHIE PERERA (substituted plaintiff-respondent) and SOMARATNE and ANOTHER (defendants-appellants), the court addressed whether a schedule of shares included in an interlocutory decree in a partition action may be treated as a final judgment or an order having the effect of a final judgment for the purpose of appeal. It was held that such an order is interlocutory in nature and does not constitute a final judgment, thus necessitating leave to appeal under section 754(2) of the Civil Procedure Code. This decision reaffirmed the principle that not all orders which determine some rights of parties in the course of litigation are final judgments, relying on authorities such as Ranjith v Kusumawathie and Salaman v Warner & others, and clarified the distinction between