Miningala Sumanaratne vs Officer-in-Charge, Police Station, Rathgama – CA PHC APN 105/2013-2013

In the case between Miningala Sumanaratne and Officer-in-Charge, Police Station, Rathgama, with Katukoliya Gamage Nandasena and Maligaspe Koralage Charlotte as additional respondents, the court addressed the issue of whether the petitioner was guilty of suppression or misrepresentation of material facts in seeking revision of lower court determinations concerning possession of immovable property. The application for revision was rejected, with the judgment establishing that the petitioner had not approached the court with clean hands, given the misrepresentation regarding ownership evidenced by the deed tendered. This holding reaffirmed the legal principle that misrepresentation of material facts disentitles a party from obtaining discretionary relief in revision proceedings. Reliance was