B. Premarajah Jayawardena vs B. Upali Dayananda Janapriya Jayawardena and Alvarapillai Vengadasam – SC APPEAL 126/2016-2016

In the case between B. Premarajah Jayawardena (Plaintiff/Respondent/Appellant) and B. Upali Dayananda Janapriya Jayawardena (1st Defendant/Respondent) and Alvarapillai Vengadasam (2nd Defendant/Respondent/Appellant), the court addressed disputes arising from the alleged forcible annexation and encroachment of land due to a reconstructed wall, examining the discrepancy between documented extent and physical boundaries in property deeds. It was held that the precise description of boundaries in a deed outweighs mere quantitative extent where discrepancies arise, and that insufficient evidence existed to prove encroachment. The principle reaffirmed is that boundary descriptions in title documents take legal precedence over measurements of extent. The decision relied on the interpretation of s