W.D.M.Ganga Prasath Tikiri Banda Dissanayake v. R.G.R.M. Hemali Priyantha Menike Ratnayake – SC APPEAL 193/2012-2012

In the case between W.D.M. Ganga Prasath Tikiri Banda Dissanayake (Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellant) and R.G.R.M. Hemali Priyantha Menike Ratnayake (Defendant-Respondent-Respondent), the court addressed whether the District Judge’s order dated 02.10.2008 constituted a final judgment or was merely an interlocutory order. It was held that the order, though disposing of key issues, did not entirely resolve the rights of the parties and was therefore interlocutory in character. The principle reaffirmed was that appeals under section 754(1) of the Civil Procedure Code require an order to be final in nature, as guided by established legal tests and precedents. This decision emphasized that not all significant orders are appealable as final judgments, reinforcing the restrictions on appellate jurisd