Samarawickrama and Others vs. Samarawickrama and Others – sllr 2021 volume 3 page 523

In SAMARAWICKRAMA AND OTHERS vs. SAMARAWICKRAMA AND OTHERS, the court addressed the validity and merits of a revision application filed by the Defendants contesting a District Court decision partitioning land based on pedigree and claims of prescriptive title. It was held that the revision application, brought after considerable delay without adequate explanation, did not meet the threshold of exceptional circumstances required for the exercise of revisionary jurisdiction. Regarding the claim of prescriptive title under section 3 of the Prescription Ordinance, the findings established that the Defendants failed to provide sufficient evidence of adverse possession or an overt act indicating exclusive ownership. The court reaffirmed the principle that long possession alone is insufficient to