Paliyapitiyage Chandradasa vs Chandani Jayanthi Jayasundara – SC/ APPEAL/124/2014-2024

In the case between Chandani Jayanthi Jayasundara (and related Substituted Defendant-Respondent-Appellants) and Paliyapitiyage Chandradasa (with additional parties for substituted appeals), the court examined the dispute regarding the right to eject the Defendant from the premises, focusing on the identification of title, differentiation between license and lease, and co-ownership rights. It was determined that the Defendant occupied the property based on a license granted by the Plaintiff’s father without a valid lease or prescriptive title claim. The initial trial court dismissed the Plaintiff’s action due to lack of ownership proof, while the Provincial High Court of Civil Appeals later granted relief, validating the right of a co-owner to eject an unauthorized possessor. Upon further a