Muruthen Rallage Nawarathne Bandara and others vs Henaka Rallage Premachandra Bandara and others – SC Appeal 18/2017-2025

This case involves Henaka Rallage Premachandra Bandara (Plaintiff-Petitioner-Respondent-Respondent) against Kaluarachchilage Tikiri Mahaththaya (Deceased Defendant), whose substituted heirs are Muruthen Rallage Nawarathne Bandara, Muruthen Rallage Ariyawathie, and Muruthen Rallage Sumana Banda (Substituted Defendants-Respondents-Appellants-Appellants). The central legal issues concerned the validity of substituting parties under Section 341 of the Civil Procedure Code in the absence of an executable decree, and whether substituted parties could be compelled to rectify the defaults of a deceased party. The proceedings originated from a right of way action initiated in 1991, leading to an ex-parte judgment in 2002 after the original defendant’s non-appearance. The defendant passed away befor