RAMAIYA RAJAMMA Vs. Nagalingam Selvaraja – SC APPEAL NO. 75/2011-2018

In the case between Nagalingam Selvaraja and Ramaiya Rajamma, the Supreme Court addressed a dispute concerning possession and title to an allotment of land in Kegalle, initially state land, involving questions of succession, possession, and fraud. The court determined that while an order for restoration of possession would have been available in favor of the defendant had the plaintiff remained in possession, the fact that the plaintiff had been granted lawful possession under a separate decree precluded such relief. The principle reaffirmed was that an appellate order for restoration of possession becomes unenforceable when supervening lawful possession is established through a later decree, and allegations of fraud did not invalidate the outcome in this instance. The decision relied on t