Kadireshan Kugabalan vs Sooriya Mudiyanselage Ranaweera – SC APPEAL 36/2014-2021

Brief
In the case between Kadireshan Kugabalan (Plaintiff–Respondent–Petitioner) and Sooriya Mudiyanselage Ranaweera (Defendant–Appellant–Respondent), the Supreme Court addressed the evidentiary requirements for proving the genuineness of documents and deeds in civil proceedings, focusing on whether the absence of timely objection to a document’s admission constitutes a waiver of further proof. It was held that when no objection is raised at the time of tendering a document, the document is admitted as binding evidence for all purposes of the case. The principle reaffirmed is that objections regarding the proof of documents must be made at the point of tender, and failure to do so precludes later challenges. The decision relied on sections 68, 70, and 90 of the Evidence Ordinance, section