Kekulandala Liyanage Siriyawathi alias Silawathi vs Kekulandala Liyanage Don Jayasena – SC APPEAL 181/ 2015-2024

In Kekulandala Liyanage Don Jayasena v Kekulandala Liyanage Don Siripala and others, the Court addressed the dispute concerning whether Lots 3 and 5A of Preliminary Plan No. 1307 should be included in the partition corpus or excluded based on the claim of prescriptive title by several defendants. It was held that the evidence, including oral and documentary testimony of long-term adverse possession, justified the exclusion of the disputed lots from the partition. The Court reaffirmed the principle that demonstrable, continuous, and exclusive adverse possession can substantiate a claim of prescriptive title. Reliance was placed on thorough examination of the trial record and the applicable legal standards for adverse possession. The decision restored the District Court’s original judgment,