W.M. Raymond Peter Fernando v. K. Stanley Wilfred – SC APPEAL NO.145/2012-2016

In the case between W.M. Raymond Peter Fernando (respondent–appellant) and K. Stanley Wilfred, the Supreme Court examined the requirements of a re-vindicatio action involving disputed land ownership, possession, and claims by prescription. The proceedings addressed whether the plaintiff had adduced sufficient evidence (including survey plans and assessment register entries) to establish title and identity of the land, as well as unlawful occupation by the defendant. The sequence of events included an amicable family partition, inheritance by the plaintiff, defendant’s occupancy, and conflicting lower court decisions. It was held that the plaintiff had successfully established both title and the identity of the disputed land, and that the defendant’s occupation was without valid title. The