R. A. S. Kulawardena vs Hapugastenna Plantations Limited – SC APPEAL 30/2018-2024

In the case between R. A. S. Kulawardena (Plaintiff-Respondent-Appellant) and parties including Logiah Narayanasamy Balakrishnan (1st Defendant-Respondent) and Hapugastenna Plantations Limited (6th Defendant-Appellant-Respondent), the court addressed whether the pedigree set out in the plaint had been sufficiently established and whether the corpus, namely the land “Pullayar Kadura Pathana,” was adequately identified and not State land, thus qualifying for partition. The appeal challenged a Civil Appellate High Court decision which had favored the 6th Defendant, aiming to restore an earlier District Court decree for partition. It was held that the evidence sufficiently proved the chain of title and the precise identification of the land, and established that the property was not State land