Chandra Warusapperuma vs. A.H. Alice Nona – WP/HCCA/GPH/113/2008 F -2023

In the case between Chandra Warusapperuma (Plaintiff-Respondent) and A.H. Alice Nona (Defendant-Appellant), the court addressed the issue of entitlement and division of shares in an undivided parcel of land known as Gonnagahawatta alias Batadombagahawatta. It was determined that both parties were entitled to equal half shares of the land, and that the Defendant-Appellant’s further claims to a larger portion—based on alleged prescriptive possession and disputed boundaries—were not substantiated on the evidence. The legal principle reaffirmed is that rights of inheritance and title to undivided land must be demonstrated by cogent documentary and oral evidence, and unproven assertions of long-term possession or boundary demarcations cannot support a claim for a greater share. This decision re