Hetti Achchi Arachchilage Karunaratne Pothuwatawana v. Edirisinghe Muhandiram Appuhamilage Amarasinghe Appuhamy (deceased) – SC APP/02/2014-2023

In the case between Edirisinghe Muhandiram Appuhamilage Amarasinghe Appuhamy (deceased), Lalitha Edirisinghe and others as Plaintiff–Respondents, and the 20(a), 31st, 32nd, and 33rd Defendant–Appellants, the court addressed the issue of whether the Notices of Appeal were validly and timely presented in accordance with statutory requirements under the Civil Procedure Code. The case arose from a long-standing partition dispute, complicated by an apparent discrepancy between the date found on supporting documents (26/05/2003) and the actual filing date of the Notices of Appeal, as established by the court’s record (02/06/2003). The holding determined that the official court record, including the journal entry and Registrar’s date stamps, governs the effective date of filing. As the Notices of