Capital Printpack (Private) Limited vs. Wijitha Group of Companies (Private) Limited – SC APPEAL NO. 21/2017-2023

In the case between Capital Printpack (Private) Limited and Wijitha Group of Companies (Private) Limited, the court addressed whether a cause of action arising from the supply of packaging materials under an unwritten contract fell within section 7 (unwritten contracts) or section 8 (goods sold and delivered) of the Prescription Ordinance, and whether documentary correspondence (marked V3) constituted a valid acknowledgment interrupting the running of prescription. It was established that section 8, as a special provision governing goods sold and delivered, should prevail over the general provision in section 7, thereby imposing a one-year limitation period. However, the acknowledgment in document V3 was found to effectively interrupt the prescription period. Consequently, the claim was he