Sri Lanka National Cooperative Council Limited vs Perera Ramanayake Don Vipula Perera et al. – SC APPEAL NO.34/2017-2021

In the case between Sri Lanka National Cooperative Council Limited (Plaintiff) and Perera Ramanayake Don Vipula Perera, Radiant Trading Company (Private) Limited, Radiant AC Cabs (Private) Limited, Lakpathirana Ajith Rohana Kumara, Gurunnaselage Don Dulani Chandima Wijesinghe, and Ranwalage Sudath Priyantha (Defendants), the court addressed whether the High Court Judge erred in discharging the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th defendants from the proceedings under the Civil Procedure Code. It was held that the discharge was justified since only the Plaintiff and the 2nd Defendant were parties to the contractual agreement in dispute, reaffirming the principle that only necessary parties to the contract should be joined to such claims. Reference was made to Sections 18, 20, and 22 of the Civil Pro